Scientific Linux Security Update : apr on SL6.x i386/x86_64
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 61053
Synopsis
The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a portability library used by the Apache HTTP Server and other projects. It provides a free library of C data structures and routines.
The fix for CVE-2011-0419 introduced an infinite loop flaw in the apr_fnmatch() function when the APR_FNM_PATHNAME matching flag was used. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to cause a denial of service on an application using the apr_fnmatch() function.
(CVE-2011-1928)
Note: This problem affected httpd configurations using the 'Location' directive with wildcard URLs. The denial of service could have been triggered during normal operation; it did not specifically require a malicious HTTP request.
This update also addresses additional problems introduced by the rewrite of the apr_fnmatch() function, which was necessary to address the CVE-2011-0419 flaw.
All apr users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Applications using the apr library, such as httpd, must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected apr, apr-debuginfo and / or apr-devel packages.