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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2637-1 apache2 -- several issues

Date Reported:

04 Mar 2013

Affected Packages:

apache2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-3499, CVE-2012-4558, CVE-2013-1048.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been found in the Apache HTTPD server.

• CVE-2012-3499

  The modules mod_info, mod_status, mod_imagemap, mod_ldap, and mod_proxy_ftp did not properly escape hostnames and URIs in HTML output, causing cross site scripting vulnerabilities.

• CVE-2012-4558

  Mod_proxy_balancer did not properly escape hostnames and URIs in its balancer-manager interface, causing a cross site scripting vulnerability.

• CVE-2013-1048

  Hayawardh Vijayakumar noticed that the apache2ctl script created the lock directory in an unsafe manner, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges via a symlink attack. This is a Debian specific issue.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.16-6+squeeze11.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems will be fixed in version 2.2.22-13.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed in version 2.2.22-13.

We recommend that you upgrade your apache2 packages.