USN-3627-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities

19 April 2018

apache2 vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Apache HTTP Server.

Software Description

• apache2 - Apache HTTP server

Details

Alex Nichols and Jakob Hirsch discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_authnz_ldap module incorrectly handled missing charset encoding headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15710)

Elar Lang discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain characters specified in <FilesMatch>. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to upload certain files, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2017-15715)

It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_session module incorrectly handled certain headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to influence session data. (CVE-2018-1283)

Robert Swiecki discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1301)

Robert Swiecki discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_cache_socache module incorrectly handled certain headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1303)

Nicolas Daniels discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly generated the nonce when creating HTTP Digest authentication challenges. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to replay HTTP requests across a cluster of servers. (CVE-2018-1312)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.10

apache2-bin - 2.4.27-2ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

apache2-bin - 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.8

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

apache2-bin - 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.20

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2vsDxEP