
USN-3279-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
USN-3279-1: Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3279-1 9th May, 2017 apache2 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Apache HTTP Server. Software description apache2 – Apache HTTP server Details It was discovered that the Apache mod_session_crypto module was encryptingdata and cookies using either CBC or ECB modes. A remote attacker couldpossibly use this issue to perform padding oracle attacks. (CVE-2016-0736) Maksim Malyutin discovered that the Apache mod_auth_digest moduleincorrectly handled malicious input. A remote attacker could possibly usethis issue to cause Apache to crash, resulting in a denial of service.(CVE-2016-2161) David Dennerline and Régis Leroy discovered that the Apache HTTP Serverincorrectly handled unusual whitespace when parsing requests, contrary tospecifications. When being used in combination with a proxy or backendserver, [ more… ]