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Debian DSA-2532-1 : libapache2-mod-rpaf - denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 61627

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Sebastien Bocahu discovered that the reverse proxy add forward module for the Apache webserver is vulnerable to a denial of service attack through a single crafted request with many headers.

Solution

Upgrade the libapache2-mod-rpaf packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.5-3+squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=683984

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/libapache2-mod-rpaf

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2532

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61627

File Name: debian_DSA-2532.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache2-mod-rpaf, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2012

Reference Information

DSA: 2532