1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200604-08 / libapreq2 |
| Release Date | April 17, 2006 |
| Latest Revision | April 17, 2006: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| www-apache/libapreq2 | < 2.07 | >= 2.07 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #128610
A vulnerability has been reported in libapreq2 which could lead to a Denial of Service.
libapreq is a shared library with associated modules for manipulating client request data via the Apache API.
A vulnerability has been reported in the apreq_parse_headers() and apreq_parse_urlencoded() functions of Apache2::Request.
A remote attacker could possibly exploit the vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service by CPU consumption.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All libapreq2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apache/libapreq2-2.07" |