SUSE Security Update: Security update for Apache
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1010-1
Rating:             important
References:         #555098 #661597 #663359 #690734 #713966 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-3192
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
                    SLE SDK 10 SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has four fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This update fixes a remote denial of service bug (memory
   exhaustion) in the  Apache 2 HTTP server, that could be
   triggered by remote attackers using  multiple overlapping
   Request Ranges. (CVE-2011-3192)

   It also fixes some non-security bugs:

   * take LimitRequestFieldsize config option into account
   when parsing headers from backend. Thereby avoid that the
   receiving buffers are too small. bnc#690734.
   * add / when on a directory to feed correctly linked
   listings. bnc#661597
   * a2enmod shalt not disable a module in query mode.
   bnc#663359
   * New option SSLRenegBufferSize fixes "413 Request
   Entity Too Large occur" problem.
   * fixes graceful restart hangs, bnc#555098.

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2011-3192
   

Indications:

   Please install this update.


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      apache2-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-devel-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-doc-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-example-pages-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-prefork-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.32.35.1

   - SLE SDK 10 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64):

      apache2-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-devel-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-doc-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-example-pages-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-prefork-2.2.3-16.32.35.1
      apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.32.35.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3192.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/555098
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/661597
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/663359
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/690734
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/713966
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login