USN-2152-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.10
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• apache2 - Apache HTTP server

Details

Ning Zhang & Amin Tora discovered that the mod_dav module incorrectly
handled whitespace characters in CDATA sections. A remote attacker could
use this issue to cause the server to stop responding, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2013-6438)

Rainer M Canavan discovered that the mod_log_config module incorrectly
handled certain cookies. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
the server to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2014-0098)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10

• apache2.2-bin - 2.4.6-2ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 12.10

• apache2.2-bin - 2.2.22-6ubuntu2.4

Ubuntu 12.04

• apache2.2-bin - 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 10.04

• apache2.2-bin - 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.13

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-6438
• CVE-2014-0098