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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by wr...@apache.org on 2012/01/31 20:19:07 UTC
svn commit: r472 [1/2] - in /release/httpd: Announcement2.2.html
Announcement2.2.txt CHANGES_2.2
Author: wrowe
Date: Tue Jan 31 19:19:04 2012
New Revision: 472
Log:
Update announcement following short review period
Modified:
release/httpd/Announcement2.2.html
release/httpd/Announcement2.2.txt
release/httpd/CHANGES_2.2
Modified: release/httpd/Announcement2.2.html
==============================================================================
--- release/httpd/Announcement2.2.html (original)
+++ release/httpd/Announcement2.2.html Tue Jan 31 19:19:04 2012
@@ -15,69 +15,82 @@
<img src="../../images/apache_sub.gif" alt="" />
<h1>
- Apache HTTP Server 2.2.21 Released
+ Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 Released
</h1>
-
<p>
The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are
- pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.21 of the Apache HTTP
- Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is principally a security and bug fix
- release:
+ pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.22 of the Apache HTTP
+ Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is principally a security
+ and bug fix release, including the following significant security fixes:
</p>
<ul>
-<li>SECURITY: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3348">CVE-2011-3348</a> (cve.mitre.org)
- mod_proxy_ajp when combined with mod_proxy_balancer: Prevents
- unrecognized HTTP methods from marking ajp: balancer members
- in an error state, avoiding denial of service.
-</li>
-<li>SECURITY: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3192">CVE-2011-3192</a> (cve.mitre.org)
- core: Further fixes to the handling of byte-range requests to use
- less memory, to avoid denial of service. This patch includes fixes
- to the patch introduced in release 2.2.20 for protocol compliance,
- as well as the MaxRanges directive.
+<li>SECURITY: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3368">CVE-2011-3368</a> (cve.mitre.org)
+ Reject requests where the request-URI does not match the HTTP
+ specification, preventing unexpected expansion of target URLs in
+ some reverse proxy configurations.
+</li>
+<li>SECURITY: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3607">CVE-2011-3607</a> (cve.mitre.org)
+ Fix integer overflow in ap_pregsub() which, when the mod_setenvif module
+ is enabled, could allow local users to gain privileges via a .htaccess
+ file.
+</li>
+<li>SECURITY: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4317">CVE-2011-4317</a> (cve.mitre.org)
+ Resolve additional cases of URL rewriting with ProxyPassMatch or
+ RewriteRule, where particular request-URIs could result in undesired
+ backend network exposure in some configurations.
+</li>
+<li>SECURITY: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0021">CVE-2012-0021</a> (cve.mitre.org)
+ mod_log_config: Fix segfault (crash) when the '%{cookiename}C' log format
+ string is in use and a client sends a nameless, valueless cookie, causing
+ a denial of service. The issue existed since version 2.2.17.
+</li>
+<li>SECURITY: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0031">CVE-2012-0031</a> (cve.mitre.org)
+ Fix scoreboard issue which could allow an unprivileged child process
+ could cause the parent to crash at shutdown rather than terminate
+ cleanly.
+</li>
+<li>SECURITY: <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0053">CVE-2012-0053</a> (cve.mitre.org)
+ Fixed an issue in error responses that could expose "httpOnly" cookies
+ when no custom ErrorDocument is specified for status code 400.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
- Note the further advisories on the state of CVE-2011-3192 will no longer
- be broadcast, but will be kept up to date at;
+ The Apache HTTP Project thanks halfdog, Context Information Security Ltd,
+ Prutha Parikh of Qualys, and Norman Hippert for bringing these issues to
+ the attention of the security team.
</p>
-<dl>
- <dd><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/security/CVE-2011-3192.txt"
- >http://httpd.apache.org/security/CVE-2011-3192.txt</a></dd>
-</dl>
<p>
We consider this release to be the best version of Apache available, and
encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.
</p>
-
<p>
- Apache HTTP Server 2.2.21 is available for download from:
+ Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 is available for download from:
</p>
<dl>
<dd><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi"
>http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi</a></dd>
</dl>
-
<p>
Please see the CHANGES_2.2 file, linked from the download page, for a
- full list of changes. A condensed list, CHANGES_2.2.21 provides the
- complete list of changes since 2.2.19. A summary of all of the security
- vulnerabilities addressed in this and earlier releases is available:
+ full list of changes. A condensed list, CHANGES_2.2.22 includes only
+ those changes introduced since the prior 2.2 release. A summary of all
+ of the security vulnerabilities addressed in this and earlier releases
+ is available:
</p>
<dl>
<dd><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html"
>http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html</a>
</dd>
</dl>
-
<p>
This release includes the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.4.5
- and APR Utility Library (APR-util) version 1.3.12, bundled with the tar
+ and APR Utility Library (APR-util) version 1.4.2, bundled with the tar
and zip distributions. The APR libraries libapr and libaprutil (and
on Win32, libapriconv version 1.2.1) must all be updated to ensure
binary compatibility and address many known security and platform bugs.
+ APR-util version 1.4 represents a minor version upgrade from earlier
+ httpd source distributions, which previously included version 1.3.
</p>
-
<p>
Apache 2.2 offers numerous enhancements, improvements, and performance
boosts over the 2.0 codebase. For an overview of new features
@@ -87,7 +100,6 @@
<dd><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/new_features_2_2.html">
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/new_features_2_2.html</a></dd>
</dl>
-
<p>
This release builds on and extends the Apache 2.0 API. Modules written
for Apache 2.0 will need to be recompiled in order to run with Apache
@@ -98,7 +110,6 @@
href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/VERSIONING"
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/VERSIONING</a></dd>
</dl>
-
<p>
When upgrading or installing this version of Apache, please bear in mind
that if you intend to use Apache with one of the threaded MPMs (other
Modified: release/httpd/Announcement2.2.txt
==============================================================================
--- release/httpd/Announcement2.2.txt (original)
+++ release/httpd/Announcement2.2.txt Tue Jan 31 19:19:04 2012
@@ -1,45 +1,65 @@
- Apache HTTP Server 2.2.21 Released
+ Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 Released
The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are
- pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.21 of the Apache HTTP
+ pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.22 of the Apache HTTP
Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is principally a security
- and bug fix release:
+ and bug fix release, including the following significant security fixes:
- * SECURITY: CVE-2011-3348 (cve.mitre.org)
- mod_proxy_ajp when combined with mod_proxy_balancer: Prevents
- unrecognized HTTP methods from marking ajp: balancer members
- in an error state, avoiding denial of service.
-
- * SECURITY: CVE-2011-3192 (cve.mitre.org)
- core: Further fixes to the handling of byte-range requests to use
- less memory, to avoid denial of service. This patch includes fixes
- to the patch introduced in release 2.2.20 for protocol compliance,
- as well as the MaxRanges directive.
-
- Note the further advisories on the state of CVE-2011-3192 will no longer
- be broadcast, but will be kept up to date at;
-
- http://httpd.apache.org/security/CVE-2011-3192.txt
+ * SECURITY: CVE-2011-3368 (cve.mitre.org)
+ Reject requests where the request-URI does not match the HTTP
+ specification, preventing unexpected expansion of target URLs in
+ some reverse proxy configurations.
+
+ * SECURITY: CVE-2011-3607 (cve.mitre.org)
+ Fix integer overflow in ap_pregsub() which, when the mod_setenvif module
+ is enabled, could allow local users to gain privileges via a .htaccess
+ file.
+
+ * SECURITY: CVE-2011-4317 (cve.mitre.org)
+ Resolve additional cases of URL rewriting with ProxyPassMatch or
+ RewriteRule, where particular request-URIs could result in undesired
+ backend network exposure in some configurations.
+
+ * SECURITY: CVE-2012-0021 (cve.mitre.org)
+ mod_log_config: Fix segfault (crash) when the '%{cookiename}C' log format
+ string is in use and a client sends a nameless, valueless cookie, causing
+ a denial of service. The issue existed since version 2.2.17.
+
+ * SECURITY: CVE-2012-0031 (cve.mitre.org)
+ Fix scoreboard issue which could allow an unprivileged child process
+ could cause the parent to crash at shutdown rather than terminate
+ cleanly.
+
+ * SECURITY: CVE-2012-0053 (cve.mitre.org)
+ Fixed an issue in error responses that could expose "httpOnly" cookies
+ when no custom ErrorDocument is specified for status code 400.
+
+ The Apache HTTP Project thanks halfdog, Context Information Security Ltd,
+ Prutha Parikh of Qualys, and Norman Hippert for bringing these issues to
+ the attention of the security team.
We consider this release to be the best version of Apache available, and
encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.
- Apache HTTP Server 2.2.21 is available for download from:
+ Apache HTTP Server 2.2.22 is available for download from:
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
Please see the CHANGES_2.2 file, linked from the download page, for a
- full list of changes. A condensed list, CHANGES_2.2.21 provides the
- complete list of changes since 2.2.19. A summary of all of the security
- vulnerabilities addressed in this and earlier releases is available:
+ full list of changes. A condensed list, CHANGES_2.2.22 includes only
+ those changes introduced since the prior 2.2 release. A summary of all
+ of the security vulnerabilities addressed in this and earlier releases
+ is available:
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
This release includes the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.4.5
- and APR Utility Library (APR-util) version 1.3.12, bundled with the tar
+ and APR Utility Library (APR-util) version 1.4.2, bundled with the tar
and zip distributions. The APR libraries libapr and libaprutil (and
on Win32, libapriconv version 1.2.1) must all be updated to ensure
binary compatibility and address many known security and platform bugs.
+ APR-util version 1.4 represents a minor version upgrade from earlier
+ httpd source distributions, which previously included version 1.3.
Apache 2.2 offers numerous enhancements, improvements, and performance
boosts over the 2.0 codebase. For an overview of new features