SUSE Security Update: Security update for apache2
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2011:1229-1
Rating:             important
References:         #713966 #718106 #719236 #722545 
Cross-References:   CVE-2011-3192
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes
   is now available.

Description:


   This update fixes several security issues in the Apache2
   webserver.

   *

   The severe ByteRange remote denial of service attack
   (CVE-2011-3192) was fixed, configuration options used by
   upstream were added.

   Introduce new config option: Allow MaxRanges Number
   of ranges requested, if exceeded, the complete content is
   served. default: 200 0|unlimited: unlimited none: Range
   headers are ignored. This option is a backport from 2.2.21.

   *

   CVE-2011-0419,CVE-2011-1928: Two fnmatch denial of
   service attacks were fixed that could exhaust the servers   memory.

   *

   CVE-2010-1623: Another memoryleak was fixed that
   could exhaust httpd server memory via unspecified methods.

   *

   CVE-2011-3368: This update also includes fixes a fix
   for a mod_proxy reverse exposure via RewriteRule or
   ProxyPassMatch directives.

   Security Issue references:

   * CVE-2011-3192
   

Indications:

   Please install this update.


Package List:

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

      apache2-2.2.3-16.32.37.1
      apache2-devel-2.2.3-16.32.37.1
      apache2-doc-2.2.3-16.32.37.1
      apache2-example-pages-2.2.3-16.32.37.1
      apache2-prefork-2.2.3-16.32.37.1
      apache2-worker-2.2.3-16.32.37.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3192.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/713966
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/718106
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/719236
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/722545
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login