__________________________________________________________
The U.S. Department of Energy
Computer Incident Advisory Capability
___ __ __ _ ___
/ | /_\ /
\___ __|__ / \ \___
__________________________________________________________
INFORMATION BULLETIN
Apache Buffer Overflow
[DSA-1131-1]
August 1, 2006 16:00 GMT Number Q-263
[REVISED 5 Sept 2005]
[REVISED 11 Oct 2006]
[REVISED 02 Nov 2006]
[REVCISED 5 Dec 2006]
______________________________________________________________________________
PROBLEM: There is a buffer overflow in the mod_rewrite component of
apache.
PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.23
DAMAGE: A remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitary code.
SOLUTION: Apply current patches.
______________________________________________________________________________
VULNERABILITY The risk is HIGH. A remote attacker could exploit this to
ASSESSMENT: execute arbitary code.
______________________________________________________________________________
LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/q-263.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1131
ADDITIONAL LINKS: Debian Security Advisory 1132
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1132
USCERT VU#395412
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395412
Visit Hewlett-Packard Subscription Service for:
HPSBUX02145 SSRT061202 rev. 2
Visit Hewlett-Packard Subscription Service for:
HPSBUX02164 SSRT061265
Visit Hewlett-Packard Subscription Service for:
HPSBUX02172 SSRT061269
Sun Alert ID: 102662
http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102662-1&searchclause=%22category:security%22%2420%22availability,%2420security%22%2420category:security
Sun Alert ID: 102663
http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102663-1&searchclause=%22category:security%22%2420%22availability,%2420security%22%2420category:security
CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3747
______________________________________________________________________________
REVISION HISTORY:
09/05/2006 - revised to add a link to Hewlett-Packard for HPXBUX02145 SSRT061202
rev. 1 for HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.23.
10/11/2006 - added a link to Sun Alert ID: 102662 for the Solaris 10 Operating System and
Sun Alert ID: 102663 for Solaris 8, 9, and 10 Operating Systems
11/02/2006 - added links to HPSBUX02164 SSRT061265 and HPSBUX02172 SSRT061269
12/05/2006 - revised to change the revision number on to HPSBUX02145
SSRT061202 rev. 2 for HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.11, B.11.23 running Apache-Based
Web Server prior to v.2.0.58.
[***** Start DSA-1131-1 *****]
DSA-1131-1 apache -- buffer overflow
Date Reported:
01 Aug 2006
Affected Packages:
apache
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 380231.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-3747.
CERT's vulnerabilities, advisories and incident notes: VU#395412.
More information:
Mark Dowd discovered a buffer overflow in the mod_rewrite component of apache, a versatile high-performance
HTTP server. In some situations a remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.33-6sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problems will be fixed shortly.
We recommend that you upgrade your apache package.
Fixed in:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.33-6sarge2_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-doc_1.3.33-6sarge2_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-utils_1.3.33-6sarge2_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
[***** End DSA-1131-1 *****]
_______________________________________________________________________________
CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Debian for the
information contained in this bulletin.
_______________________________________________________________________________
CIAC, the Computer Incident Advisory Capability, is the computer
security incident response team for the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) and the emergency backup response team for the National
Institutes of Health (NIH). CIAC is located at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in Livermore, California. CIAC is also a founding
member of FIRST, the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, a
global organization established to foster cooperation and coordination
among computer security teams worldwide.
CIAC services are available to DOE, DOE contractors, and the NIH. CIAC
can be contacted at:
Voice: +1 925-422-8193 (7x24)
FAX: +1 925-423-8002
STU-III: +1 925-423-2604
E-mail: ciac@ciac.org
Previous CIAC notices, anti-virus software, and other information are
available from the CIAC Computer Security Archive.
World Wide Web: http://www.ciac.org/
Anonymous FTP: ftp.ciac.org
PLEASE NOTE: Many users outside of the DOE, ESnet, and NIH computing
communities receive CIAC bulletins. If you are not part of these
communities, please contact your agency's response team to report
incidents. Your agency's team will coordinate with CIAC. The Forum of
Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) is a world-wide
organization. A list of FIRST member organizations and their
constituencies can be obtained via WWW at http://www.first.org/.
This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an
agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States
Government nor the University of California nor any of their
employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any
legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process
disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately
owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial products,
process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or
otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement,
recommendation or favoring by the United States Government or the
University of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed
herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States
Government or the University of California, and shall not be used for
advertising or product endorsement purposes.
LAST 10 CIAC BULLETINS ISSUED (Previous bulletins available from CIAC)
Q-253: gimp Security Update
Q-254: SeaMonkey Security Update (was Mozilla)
Q-255: OpenSSH Security Update
Q-256: Adobe Acrobat Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Q-257: PHP Security Update
Q-258: Mozilla (now SeaMonkey), Firefox, Thunderbird Security Vulnerabilities
Q-259: Seamonkey Security Update
Q-260: Security Vulnerability With Sun N1 Grid Engine Daemons
Q-261: Ethereal Several Vulnerabilities
Q-262: Sitebar Missing Input Validation