Summary: | Several security issues were found in the Apache HTTP server.;;CVE-2014-0118;The DEFLATE input filter (inflates request bodies) in mod_deflate;allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource;consumption) via crafted request data that decompresses to a much;larger size.;;CVE-2014-0226;A race condition was found in mod_status. An attacker able to;access a public server status page on a server could send carefully;crafted requests which could lead to a heap buffer overflow,;causing denial of service, disclosure of sensitive information, or;potentially the execution of arbitrary code.;;CVE-2014-0231;A flaw was found in mod_cgid. If a server using mod_cgid hosted;CGI scripts which did not consume standard input, a remote attacker;could cause child processes to hang indefinitely, leading to denial;of service. |
Description: | Summary: Several security issues were found in the Apache HTTP server.
CVE-2014-0118 The DEFLATE input filter (inflates request bodies) in mod_deflate allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via crafted request data that decompresses to a much larger size.
CVE-2014-0226 A race condition was found in mod_status. An attacker able to access a public server status page on a server could send carefully crafted requests which could lead to a heap buffer overflow, causing denial of service, disclosure of sensitive information, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2014-0231 A flaw was found in mod_cgid. If a server using mod_cgid hosted CGI scripts which did not consume standard input, a remote attacker could cause child processes to hang indefinitely, leading to denial of service.
Affected Software/OS: apache2 on Debian Linux
Solution: For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.22-13+deb7u3.
For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed in version 2.4.10-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.10-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your apache2 packages.
CVSS Score: 6.8
CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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