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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> on 2010/10/21 09:50:34 UTC

Re: [users@httpd] Re: [announce] Apache HTTP Server 2.2.17 and 2.0.64 Released

> > On 19.10.10 11:27, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> >>      * SECURITY: CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720 (cve.mitre.org)
> >>        Fix two buffer over-read flaws in the bundled copy of expat which
> >>        could cause httpd to crash while parsing specially-crafted
> >>        XML documents.

> On 10/20/2010 1:44 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> > does this mean that if I have apache compiled with external
> > apr-util-1.3.10 and external expat, I am safe?

On 20.10.10 15:05, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> From these two flaws?  Only if your external expat is also up-to-date, refer
> that question to the expat community.

I see. Unfortunately, I haven't seen bundled expat version in the announce.
And luckily, my version is patched.
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Re: [users@httpd] Re: [announce] Apache HTTP Server 2.2.17 and 2.0.64 Released

Posted by "William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@rowe-clan.net>.
On 10/21/2010 2:50 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> 
> I see. Unfortunately, I haven't seen bundled expat version in the announce.
> And luckily, my version is patched.

That is a miscommunication.  Something we hope to remedy in 2.4/3.0 by
unbundling sources that are 'not invented here'.

Glad that you are running an (unreleased) expat from your os vendor!

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