Immunix Secured OS 7+ apache update

From: Immunix Security Team (security_at_immunix.com)
Date: 10/29/03

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            Immunix Secured OS Security Advisory

    Packages updated: apache
    Affected products: Immunix OS 7+
    Bugs fixed: CAN-2003-0542
    Date: Tue Oct 28 2003
    Advisory ID: IMNX-2003-7+-025-01
    Author: Seth Arnold <sarnold@immunix.com>
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    Description:
      André Malo discovered two stack-based overflows in the Apache web
      server; one in mod_alias, the other in mod_rewrite. Quoting from the
      OpenPKG adivsory: "These occurred if a regular expression with more
      than 9 capturing parenthesis was configured. To exploit this, an
      attacker would need to be able to locally create a carefully crafted
      configuration file (.htaccess or httpd.conf)."

      The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project assigned the id
      CAN-2003-0542 to the problem.

      The vulnerability is in an apache wrapper function around the regex(3)
      interface; the affected uses of ap_regexec() are called with string
      inputs, so it would be difficult to construct the StackGuard canary
      value 0x000aff0d when attempting to overwrite the stack-stored
      regmatch_t structure arrays; thus, we expect StackGuard should prevent
      exploitation of this vulnerability. However, an exhaustive analysis
      has not been performed.

      In the event StackGuard prevents exploitation of this vulnerability,
      the apache process handling the request would still be killed; thus,
      Immunix recommends all users upgrade when convenient.

      References: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342674
      http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0542
      http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-cvs&m=106701190026083

    Package names and locations:
      Precompiled binary packages for Immunix 7+ are available at:
      http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/RPMS/apache-1.3.27-1.7.1_imnx_2.i386.rpm
      http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/RPMS/apache-devel-1.3.27-1.7.1_imnx_2.i386.rpm
      http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/RPMS/apache-manual-1.3.27-1.7.1_imnx_2.i386.rpm

      A source package for Immunix 7+ is available at:
      http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7+/Updates/SRPMS/apache-1.3.27-1.7.1_imnx_2.src.rpm

    Immunix OS 7+ md5sums:
      d0f0fa84c2cb84d23f6110faf86e99c9 RPMS/apache-1.3.27-1.7.1_imnx_2.i386.rpm
      52e95aaa3c6acf2f464a0342ba63c360 RPMS/apache-devel-1.3.27-1.7.1_imnx_2.i386.rpm
      3d09e9758813e3b96550ffeba8013c47 RPMS/apache-manual-1.3.27-1.7.1_imnx_2.i386.rpm
      0cd20af663c6f22ee6127ea241269ef5 SRPMS/apache-1.3.27-1.7.1_imnx_2.src.rpm

    GPG verification:
      Our public keys are available at http://download.immunix.org/GPG_KEY
      Immunix, Inc., has changed policy with GPG keys. We maintain several
      keys now: C53B2B53 for Immunix 7+ package signing, D3BA6C17 for
      Immunix 7.3 package signing, and 1B7456DA for general security issues.

    NOTE:
      Ibiblio is graciously mirroring our updates, so if the links above are
      slow, please try:
        ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/immunix/
      or one of the many mirrors available at:
        http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/MIRRORS.html

      ImmunixOS 6.2 is no longer officially supported.
      ImmunixOS 7.0 is no longer officially supported.

    Contact information:
      To report vulnerabilities, please contact security@immunix.com.
      Immunix attempts to conform to the RFP vulnerability disclosure protocol
      http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/policy.html.

    
    



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