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Bug 98853

Summary:	CAN-2003-0253: remote denial of service against prefork MPM
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Joe Orton <jorton>
Component:	httpd	Assignee:	Joe Orton <jorton>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	9	CC:	mblevis, mitr, mjc
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0253
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Last Closed:	2003-09-04 07:40:35 UTC	Type:	---
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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users and RHN subscribers aren't being encouraged to use outdated and insecure 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