First published: Wed Aug 24 2011(Updated: )
An exploit was posted to full-disclosure labelled "Apache Killer". This script creates a number of threads that use multiple Range headers to exhaust memory on the Apache server. The ASF httpd development team are working on a fix for this issue: <a href="http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/apache/dev/401638">http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/apache/dev/401638</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
redhat/httpd | <2.2.20 | 2.2.20 |
Apache HTTP server | >=2.2.0<2.2.20 | |
Apache HTTP server | >=2.0.35<2.0.65 | |
Suse Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp1 | |
openSUSE openSUSE | =11.4 | |
openSUSE openSUSE | =11.3 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =10-sp4 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =10-sp3 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =11-sp1 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =10-sp4 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =11-sp1 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =10-sp2 | |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =10-sp3 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.10 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =11.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =10.04 |
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