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TITLE:
Gentoo update for apache/mod_ssl

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16864

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16864/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Privilege escalation

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for apache/mod_ssl. This fixes a security
issue and a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, or by
malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges via a specially
crafted ".htaccess" file.

For more information:
SA16700
SA16688

SOLUTION:
mod_ssl:
Update to "net-www/mod_ssl-2.8.24" or later.

Apache 2:
Update to "net-www/apache-2.0.54-r15" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-12.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16700:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16700/

SA16688:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16688/

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