First published: Mon Apr 30 2018(Updated: )
USN-3627-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Alex Nichols and Jakob Hirsch discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_authnz_ldap module incorrectly handled missing charset encoding headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15710) Elar Lang discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain characters specified in . A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to upload certain files, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2017-15715) It was discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_session module incorrectly handled certain headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to influence session data. (CVE-2018-1283) Robert Swiecki discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly handled certain requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1301) Robert Swiecki discovered that the Apache HTTP Server mod_cache_socache module incorrectly handled certain headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the server to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1303) Nicolas Daniels discovered that the Apache HTTP Server incorrectly generated the nonce when creating HTTP Digest authentication challenges. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to replay HTTP requests across a cluster of servers. (CVE-2018-1312)
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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All of | ||
ubuntu/apache2-bin | <2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1 | 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1 |
Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 |
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(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
The vulnerability ID for this advisory is USN-3627-2.
The affected software is Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
The severity of USN-3627-2 is not mentioned in the advisory.
The remedy for this vulnerability is to update the Apache HTTP Server to version 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.1.
More information about this vulnerability can be found at the following references: [CVE-2017-15710](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15710), [CVE-2017-15715](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15715), [CVE-2018-1283](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1283).