mod_ssl (SSA:2004-154-01)

A mod_ssl update is available for Slackware Linux:

New mod_ssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. The packages were upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.18-1.3.31 fixing a buffer overflow that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client certificate with a long subject DN, if mod_ssl is configured to trust the issuing CA. Web sites running mod_ssl should upgrade to the new set of apache and mod_ssl packages. There are new PHP packages as well to fix a Slackware-specific local denial-of-service issue (an additional Slackware advisory SSA:2004-154-02 has been issued for PHP).

More details about the mod_ssl issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0488

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog:
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Wed Jun 2 11:28:17 PDT 2004
patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to
mod_ssl-2.8.18-1.3.31. This fixes a buffer overflow that may allow remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client certificate with a long
subject DN, if mod_ssl is configured to trust the issuing CA:
*) Fix buffer overflow in "SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth" implementation
if the Subject-DN in the client certificate exceeds 6KB in length.
For more details, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0488
(* Security fix *)
Other changes: Make the sample keys .new so as not to overwrite existing
server keys. However, any existing mod_ssl package will have these listed
as non-config files, and will still remove and replace these upon upgrade.
You'll have to save your config files one more time... sorry).
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Where to find the new packages:
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Updated packages for Slackware 8.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/apache-1.3.31-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.1/patches/packages/php-4.3.6-i386-1.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 9.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/apache-1.3.31-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patches/packages/php-4.3.6-i386-1.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/apache-1.3.31-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/php-4.3.6-i486-1.tgz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/apache-1.3.31-i486-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/php-4.3.6-i486-4.tgz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 8.1 packages:
5746a612882fb1ba946305e34fc8dd45 apache-1.3.31-i386-1.tgz
d4930240294413471df9128dcd1e71ee mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i386-1.tgz
cee32e839211a37b0081615b4112b87f php-4.3.6-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.0 packages:
6366a8951a42536c99d9f926bd7ed4c9 apache-1.3.31-i386-1.tgz
dff6235ef0f46b4ab77aefa989e1b3f7 mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i386-1.tgz
eaa0c69981f0aa8cc6b2d4ef0269481c php-4.3.6-i386-1.tgz

Slackware 9.1 packages:
5fbeac17051bcf7e41446d7b7a7a82be apache-1.3.31-i486-1.tgz
6a96640c9beb79dde305ddb22e36509e mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i486-1.tgz
007c48e42d292819b6cdc66e2e8334e0 php-4.3.6-i486-1.tgz

Slackware -current packages:
5d69e97123241842eafc701c8bd6af88 apache-1.3.31-i486-2.tgz
020e5253fdd9f48ed163ad331e7b05fc mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i486-1.tgz
07bcba5e37538f16941141c43006cec1 php-4.3.6-i486-4.tgz


Installation instructions:
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First, stop apache:

# apachectl stop

IMPORTANT: Backup any keys/certificates you wish to save for
mod_ssl (in /etc/apache/ssl.*)

Next, upgrade these packages as root:

# upgradepkg apache-1.3.31-i486-1.tgz
# upgradepkg mod_ssl-2.8.18_1.3.31-i486-1.tgz
# upgradepkg php-4.3.6-i486-1.tgz

If necessary, restore any mod_ssl config files.

Finally, restart apache:

# apachectl start

Or, if you're running a secure server with mod_ssl:

# apachectl startssl


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com