Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : apache2, libapache-mod-ssl vulnerabilities (USN-177-1)

Apache did not honour the 'SSLVerifyClient require' directive within a block if the surrounding block contained a directive 'SSLVerifyClient optional'. This allowed clients to bypass client certificate validation on servers with the above configuration. CAN-2005-2700 Filip Sneppe discovered a...

mod_ssl

New modssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, and -current to fix a security issue. If "SSLVerifyClient optional" was configured in the global section of the config file, it could improperly override "SSLVerifyClient require" in a per-location section. More details...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: httpd security update

Updated Apache httpd packages that correct two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Apache HTTP Server is a popular and freely-available Web server. A flaw...