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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TITLE:
Apache APR "apr_fnmatch()" Infinite Loop Denial of Service
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44558
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-05-21
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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.
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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
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