USN-3038-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerability
USN-3038-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3038-1 18th July, 2016 apache2 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 15.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary A security issue was fixed in the Apache HTTP Server. Software description apache2 – Apache HTTP server Details It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server would set the HTTP_PROXYenvironment variable based on the contents of the Proxy header from HTTPrequests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue in combinationwith CGI scripts that honour the HTTP_PROXY variable to redirect outgoingHTTP requests. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: apache2-bin 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 15.10: apache2-bin 2.4.12-2ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: apache2.2-bin 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.13 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: apache2.2-bin 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.11 To update your system, please follow [ more… ]