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Secunia Security Advisory 44558

Secunia Security Advisory 44558
Posted May 21, 2011
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Apache APR, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

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Secunia Security Advisory 44558

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TITLE:
Apache APR "apr_fnmatch()" Infinite Loop Denial of Service
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44558

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/44558/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44558

RELEASE DATE:
2011-05-21

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/44558/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
* Last Update
* Popularity
* Comments
* Criticality Level
* Impact
* Where
* Solution Status
* Operating System / Software
* CVE Reference(s)

http://secunia.com/advisories/44558/

ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA:
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* Report Reliability
* Secunia PoC
* Secunia Analysis
* Systems Affected
* Approve Distribution
* Remediation Status
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44558

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
* AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apache APR, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the "apr_fnmatch()"
function when processing certain patterns, which can be exploited to
trigger an infinite loop and cause high CPU consumption.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.4.4.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN repository.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Tanguy Ortolo in a Debian bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Apache:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-announce/201105.mbox/%3C4DD55092.3030403@apache.org%3E
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51219

Debian bug:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=627182

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

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Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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