Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3913-1 apache2 -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 18 Jul 2017
- Affected Packages:
- apache2
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 868467.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-9788. - More information:
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Robert Swiecki reported that mod_auth_digest does not properly initialize or reset the value placeholder in [Proxy-]Authorization headers of type
Digest
between successive key=value assignments, leading to information disclosure or denial of service.For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.10-10+deb8u10.
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.25-3+deb9u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.27-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your apache2 packages.