Synopsis

Moderate: httpd security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Updated httpd packages that fix two security issues are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The Apache HTTP Server is a popular and freely-available Web server.

A flaw was found in the handling of compression structures between mod_ssl
and OpenSSL. If too many connections were opened in a short period of time,
all system memory and swap space would be consumed by httpd, negatively
impacting other processes, or causing a system crash. (CVE-2008-1678)

Note: The CVE-2008-1678 issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
prior to 5.3. The problem was introduced via the RHBA-2009:0181 errata in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, which upgraded OpenSSL to the newer 0.9.8e
version.

A flaw was found in the handling of the "Options" and "AllowOverride"
directives. In configurations using the "AllowOverride" directive with
certain "Options=" arguments, local users were not restricted from
executing commands from a Server-Side-Include script as intended.
(CVE-2009-1195)

All httpd users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to resolve these issues. Users must restart httpd for
this update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.3 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 447268 - CVE-2008-1678 httpd: mod_ssl per-connection memory leak for connections with zlib compression
• BZ - 489436 - CVE-2009-1195 AllowOverride Options=IncludesNoExec allows Options Includes
• BZ - 497077 - memory leak in httpd

CVEs

• CVE-2009-1195
• CVE-2008-1678

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: f3cef4960f9841832833067f1bb51eabee64096fbf67584702a6ec8d81bdb168
x86_64
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 36823c55e52662731ae8e52527f2beafb08f9489b719a7a77b9ee84e8b51ade1
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a9281be8c4cad40dc55cf04eb120f76f2d022ca3180910e04d8d2f408d8640f
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f82bd35ef8d821c70f656f1c72000ca32a0e0a9c590fb0068801e99c66840993
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fa66c0f2ac0410d03a18e3f4c766108ec4a23a88ce86358d560bb6dc2c82b6ae
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5af451919bab87903005b5dfe9d1f3523f212291b91b386a84d9ceb1c6196903
ia64
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 1ea1c65b3e144be22c074496b93e09e870c1abcef3d5ed5eaa89b30869aa60d6
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: bd09b67224a6a167b41dfb27130997aebbc2e33cb44cebc1c6c857d5312f626e
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: d566fe89c3b82bdcdcb482cda26eb17650aef88de0abe6f5367beef7b483f643
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 21f554dc9661d6052fd44f2a9d3ab21e8838defd2eaff13e8314fa209d0994e5
i386
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7e4e3bf3d0932db542cc0bd71d53caa4c27db4d2278769f633860eada807ba89
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a9281be8c4cad40dc55cf04eb120f76f2d022ca3180910e04d8d2f408d8640f
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: e120cd2859f990b9bdc11b17a94f4e89b0979f66241d680d996ad78716616909
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 909505420f6b445a145362d35525b5236eb85b8aba5484606b390ee5a60faf7f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: f3cef4960f9841832833067f1bb51eabee64096fbf67584702a6ec8d81bdb168
x86_64
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 36823c55e52662731ae8e52527f2beafb08f9489b719a7a77b9ee84e8b51ade1
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a9281be8c4cad40dc55cf04eb120f76f2d022ca3180910e04d8d2f408d8640f
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f82bd35ef8d821c70f656f1c72000ca32a0e0a9c590fb0068801e99c66840993
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fa66c0f2ac0410d03a18e3f4c766108ec4a23a88ce86358d560bb6dc2c82b6ae
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5af451919bab87903005b5dfe9d1f3523f212291b91b386a84d9ceb1c6196903
i386
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7e4e3bf3d0932db542cc0bd71d53caa4c27db4d2278769f633860eada807ba89
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a9281be8c4cad40dc55cf04eb120f76f2d022ca3180910e04d8d2f408d8640f
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: e120cd2859f990b9bdc11b17a94f4e89b0979f66241d680d996ad78716616909
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 909505420f6b445a145362d35525b5236eb85b8aba5484606b390ee5a60faf7f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: f3cef4960f9841832833067f1bb51eabee64096fbf67584702a6ec8d81bdb168
x86_64
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 36823c55e52662731ae8e52527f2beafb08f9489b719a7a77b9ee84e8b51ade1
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5af451919bab87903005b5dfe9d1f3523f212291b91b386a84d9ceb1c6196903
i386
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7e4e3bf3d0932db542cc0bd71d53caa4c27db4d2278769f633860eada807ba89
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 909505420f6b445a145362d35525b5236eb85b8aba5484606b390ee5a60faf7f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: f3cef4960f9841832833067f1bb51eabee64096fbf67584702a6ec8d81bdb168
s390x
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: e51c676566bfc9bc5445efec82d78a058df5d260a52c1fec04bc4c2aeb33aeea
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 08aaa885f92ca79fbccc7725d79416b30edd0a068dbc555ef26042f7da18a375
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: bb51daf737f24c92073fb015c7bc2a508742ff06acde94b9c100cb324fe4faea
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 6620b19d74063b5af03792b5679fe3bb657b3e0ba622446691a9bab9a75c75e0
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: dab1f7aecd27982816f5c2e26584c04eaf531ebcada814cc5fc0c008b097201f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: f3cef4960f9841832833067f1bb51eabee64096fbf67584702a6ec8d81bdb168
ppc
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: ac75385a7139845a0b634655321cf31efdc7ef75507579dcd4d661ee0f8dbb0c
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 5bdc21677cf673e41ca68a4b4dea6070681cb565d8d65ebfadc057d8da0bfb5b
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: c445267c83cbef3a5987dc6b1634cfc2c7747f3e2c4a4cc2c2cef0e92deb24a3
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: c516dc237684e4a811188dad9cd36872a2745d50e91b89954e06de77590072b6
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 1b6c4a2956f9ed3b741a626a239dda22506705a6309ae60dc7533e703d160e4f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.src.rpm	SHA-256: f3cef4960f9841832833067f1bb51eabee64096fbf67584702a6ec8d81bdb168
x86_64
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 36823c55e52662731ae8e52527f2beafb08f9489b719a7a77b9ee84e8b51ade1
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a9281be8c4cad40dc55cf04eb120f76f2d022ca3180910e04d8d2f408d8640f
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f82bd35ef8d821c70f656f1c72000ca32a0e0a9c590fb0068801e99c66840993
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: fa66c0f2ac0410d03a18e3f4c766108ec4a23a88ce86358d560bb6dc2c82b6ae
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5af451919bab87903005b5dfe9d1f3523f212291b91b386a84d9ceb1c6196903
i386
httpd-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7e4e3bf3d0932db542cc0bd71d53caa4c27db4d2278769f633860eada807ba89
httpd-devel-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5a9281be8c4cad40dc55cf04eb120f76f2d022ca3180910e04d8d2f408d8640f
httpd-manual-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: e120cd2859f990b9bdc11b17a94f4e89b0979f66241d680d996ad78716616909
mod_ssl-2.2.3-22.el5_3.1.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 909505420f6b445a145362d35525b5236eb85b8aba5484606b390ee5a60faf7f