Moderate: httpd (SL5, SL6)

Synopsis: Moderate: httpd security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2013:1156-1
Issue Date: 2013-08-13
CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-1896

A flaw was found in the way the mod_dav module of the Apache HTTP Server
handled merge requests. An attacker could use this flaw to send a crafted
merge request that contains URIs that are not configured for DAV, causing
the httpd child process to crash. (CVE-2013-1896)

After installing the updated packages, the httpd daemon will be restarted
automatically.

SL5
x86_64
httpd-2.2.3-82.sl5.x86_64.rpm
httpd-debuginfo-2.2.3-82.sl5.x86_64.rpm
mod_ssl-2.2.3-82.sl5.x86_64.rpm
httpd-debuginfo-2.2.3-82.sl5.i386.rpm
httpd-devel-2.2.3-82.sl5.i386.rpm
httpd-devel-2.2.3-82.sl5.x86_64.rpm
httpd-manual-2.2.3-82.sl5.x86_64.rpm
i386
httpd-2.2.3-82.sl5.i386.rpm
httpd-debuginfo-2.2.3-82.sl5.i386.rpm
mod_ssl-2.2.3-82.sl5.i386.rpm
httpd-devel-2.2.3-82.sl5.i386.rpm
httpd-manual-2.2.3-82.sl5.i386.rpm
SL6
x86_64
httpd-2.2.15-29.sl6.x86_64.rpm
httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-29.sl6.x86_64.rpm
httpd-tools-2.2.15-29.sl6.x86_64.rpm
httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-29.sl6.i686.rpm
httpd-devel-2.2.15-29.sl6.i686.rpm
httpd-devel-2.2.15-29.sl6.x86_64.rpm
mod_ssl-2.2.15-29.sl6.x86_64.rpm
i386
httpd-2.2.15-29.sl6.i686.rpm
httpd-debuginfo-2.2.15-29.sl6.i686.rpm
httpd-tools-2.2.15-29.sl6.i686.rpm
httpd-devel-2.2.15-29.sl6.i686.rpm
mod_ssl-2.2.15-29.sl6.i686.rpm
noarch
httpd-manual-2.2.15-29.sl6.noarch.rpm

– Scientific Linux Development Team