- Apache HTTP Server 1.3.30 Released
+ Apache HTTP Server 1.3.31 Released
The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache HTTP Server Project are
- pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.30 of the Apache HTTP
+ pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.31 of the Apache HTTP
Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes
- in 1.3.30 as compared to 1.3.29. The Announcement is also available
- in German, Spanish and Japanese from:
+ in 1.3.31 as compared to 1.3.29 (1.3.30 was not released). The
+ Announcement is also available in German, Spanish and Japanese from:
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html.de
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html.es
This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release.
A partial summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this document.
A full listing of changes can be found in the CHANGES file. Of
- particular note is that 1.3.30 addresses and fixes 3 potential
+ particular note is that 1.3.31 addresses and fixes 4 potential
security issues:
+ o CAN-2003-0987 (cve.mitre.org)
+ Verification as to whether the nonce returned in the client response
+ is one we issued ourselves.
+
o CAN-2003-0020 (cve.mitre.org)
Escape arbitrary data before writing into the errorlog.
netmask; issue is only known to affect big-endian 64-bit
platforms
- We consider Apache 1.3.30 to be the best version of Apache 1.3 available
+ We consider Apache 1.3.31 to be the best version of Apache 1.3 available
and we strongly recommend that users of older versions, especially of
the 1.1.x and 1.2.x family, upgrade as soon as possible. No further
releases will be made in the 1.2.x family.
- Apache 1.3.30 is available for download from:
+ Apache 1.3.31 is available for download from:
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
Apache 2.0 for better performance, stability and security on their
platforms.
- Apache 1.3.30 Major changes
+ Apache 1.3.31 Major changes
Security vulnerabilities
+ * CAN-2003-0987 (cve.mitre.org)
+ Verification as to whether the nonce returned in the client response
+ is one we issued ourselves.
+
* CAN-2003-0020 (cve.mitre.org)
Escape arbitrary data before writing into the errorlog.
Bugs fixed
The following noteworthy bugs were found in Apache 1.3.29 (or earlier)
- and have been fixed in Apache 1.3.30:
+ and have been fixed in Apache 1.3.31:
* Fix memory corruption problem with ap_custom_response() function.
The core per-dir config would later point to request pool data