Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for apache. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and cause a DoS.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for apache
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27563
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27563/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for apache. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to conduct
cross-site scripting attacks and cause a DoS.
For more information:
SA26273
SA26636
SOLUTION:
Update to "www-servers/apache-2.0.59-r5" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-06.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26273:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26273/
SA26636:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26636/
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