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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1000-2 (libapreq2-perl)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libapreq2-perl announced via advisory DSA 1000-2. Gunnar Wolf noticed that the correction for the following problem was not complete and requires an update. For completeness we're providing the original problem description: An algorithm weakness has been discovered in Apache2::Request, the generic request library for Apache2 which can be exploited remotely and cause a denial of service via CPU consumption. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain this package.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.04-dev-1sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.07-1. We recommend that you upgrade your libapreq2, libapache2-mod-apreq2 https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201000-2