Bug 98853 - CAN-2003-0253: remote denial of service against prefork MPM
Summary: CAN-2003-0253: remote denial of service against prefork MPM
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: httpd
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Joe Orton
QA Contact: Brian Brock
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename....
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-07-09 15:48 UTC by Joe Orton
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:55 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2003-09-04 07:40:35 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2003:240 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE : Updated httpd packages fix Apache security vulnerabilities 2003-09-04 04:00:00 UTC

Description Joe Orton 2003-07-09 15:48:58 UTC
Description of problem:
Certain errors returned by accept() on rarely accessed ports could cause
temporal denial of service, due to a bug in the prefork MPM.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All versions of httpd before 2.0.47

Comment 1 Mark Blevis 2003-08-08 16:11:46 UTC
This bug was opened on July 9 to address a security issue and it remains 
a "NEW" status issue.  When can we expect movement on this so that Redhat 
users and RHN subscribers aren't being encouraged to use outdated and insecure 
software packages?

Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2003-08-09 17:05:41 UTC
I guess it should really be "assigned" since we did start through our internal
errata process which will lead to an errata.  This issue is classed as a low
risk as the vulnerable configuration is rarely found.

Comment 3 Mark J. Cox 2003-09-04 07:40:35 UTC
An errata has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. 
This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen 
this bug report if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-240.html



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