(Sun Issues Fix for Solaris) Apache mod_ssl Null Pointer Dereference May Let Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1016982 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1016982
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2005-3357
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Oct 5 2006
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Apache mod_ssl. A remote user can cause the server to crash in certain cases.
When an SSL virtual host is configured with access control and a custom 400 error document, a remote user can send a specially crafted request to trigger a null pointer dereference. This may cause the server to crash when using the non-default worker
Multi-Processing Module.
The original bug report is available at:
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37791
Hartmut Keil reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause denial of service conditions on the target system.
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Solution:
Sun has issued the following fixes.
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 120543-06 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 120544-06 or later
The Sun advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102640-1
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Vendor URL: www.modssl.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error, State error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 01:37:57 -0400
Subject: Security Vulnerability in Apache 2 Web Server Module 'mod_ssl'
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102640-1
CVE-2005-3357
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