httpd

New httpd packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current
to fix security issues.

More details about these issues may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1891
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1195
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1890
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1191
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0023
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1955
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1956

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/httpd-2.2.12-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded.
This update fixes some security issues (from the CHANGES file):
*) SECURITY: CVE-2009-1891 (cve.mitre.org)
Fix a potential Denial-of-Service attack against mod_deflate or other
modules, by forcing the server to consume CPU time in compressing a
large file after a client disconnects. PR 39605.
[Joe Orton, Ruediger Pluem]
*) SECURITY: CVE-2009-1195 (cve.mitre.org)
Prevent the "Includes" Option from being enabled in an .htaccess
file if the AllowOverride restrictions do not permit it.
[Jonathan Peatfield <j.s.peatfield damtp.cam.ac.uk>, Joe Orton,
Ruediger Pluem, Jeff Trawick]
*) SECURITY: CVE-2009-1890 (cve.mitre.org)
Fix a potential Denial-of-Service attack against mod_proxy in a
reverse proxy configuration, where a remote attacker can force a
proxy process to consume CPU time indefinitely. [Nick Kew, Joe Orton]
*) SECURITY: CVE-2009-1191 (cve.mitre.org)
mod_proxy_ajp: Avoid delivering content from a previous request which
failed to send a request body. PR 46949 [Ruediger Pluem]
) SECURITY: CVE-2009-0023, CVE-2009-1955, CVE-2009-1956 (cve.mitre.org)
The bundled copy of the APR-util library has been updated, fixing three
different security issues which may affect particular configurations
and third-party modules.
These last three CVEs were addressed in Slackware previously with an
update to new system apr and apr-util packages.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1891
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1195
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1890
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1191
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0023
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1955
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1956
( Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/httpd-2.2.12-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/httpd-2.2.12-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/httpd-2.2.12-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/httpd-2.2.12-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/httpd-2.2.12-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 12.0 package:
1ef7c8d65f8d7398abfcde3dd46aed7f httpd-2.2.12-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
349f4437fb4c2573a134c3485dda0265 httpd-2.2.12-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware 12.2 package:
253406ed8801276a635008d7749db55f httpd-2.2.12-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Slackware -current package:
4a2ffd0ef9184fed93f651b83f6eaf6a httpd-2.2.12-i486-1.txz

Slackware64 -current package:
560b607f09a934a46fc3112a2659b06b httpd-2.2.12-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg httpd-2.2.12-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Then, restart the httpd server.