Upstream information

CVE-2012-4557 at MITRE

Description

The mod_proxy_ajp module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.12 through 2.2.21 places a worker node into an error state upon detection of a long request-processing time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker consumption) via an expensive request.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 788121 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • apache2 >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-devel >= 2.2.12-1.36.1
  • apache2-doc >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-example-pages >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-prefork >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-utils >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-worker >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-apache2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • apache2 >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-devel >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-doc >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-example-pages >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-prefork >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-utils >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-worker >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA apache2-2.2.12-1.51.52.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS
  • apache2 >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-doc >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-example-pages >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-prefork >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-utils >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-worker >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
 Patchnames:
slessp1-apache2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • apache2 >= 2.2.12-1.36.1
  • apache2 >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-devel >= 2.2.12-1.36.1
  • apache2-doc >= 2.2.12-1.36.1
  • apache2-doc >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-example-pages >= 2.2.12-1.36.1
  • apache2-example-pages >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-prefork >= 2.2.12-1.36.1
  • apache2-prefork >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-utils >= 2.2.12-1.36.1
  • apache2-utils >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
  • apache2-worker >= 2.2.12-1.36.1
  • apache2-worker >= 2.2.12-1.42.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp2-apache2
slessp2-apache2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • apache2 >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-doc >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-example-pages >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-prefork >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-utils >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
  • apache2-worker >= 2.2.12-1.38.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA apache2-2.2.12-1.38.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • apache2 >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-devel >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-doc >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-example-pages >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-prefork >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-utils >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
  • apache2-worker >= 2.2.12-1.51.52.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA apache2-2.2.12-1.51.52.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA apache2-2.2.12-1.51.52.1

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 apache2 Released
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 apache2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 apache2 Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS apache2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS apache2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS apache2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS apache2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 apache2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 apache2 Released
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 apache2 Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:51:28 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 18:34:02 2024