CVE-2007-6750

Publication date 27 December 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The Apache HTTP Server 1.x and 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris, related to the lack of the mod_reqtimeout module in versions before 2.2.15.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apache2	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored

Notes

mdeslaur

1005669 commit fixes CVE-2010-1623 hardy users who want to protect against Slowloris are recommended to update to lucid or higher. Adding a new module turned on by default to hardy's apache2 is too intrusive.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
apache2	Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=917211 Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=953616 Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1005669 Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1162862