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                   Apache HTTP Server 1.3.31 Released

                   Apache HTTP Server 1.3.32 Released



   The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache HTTP Server Project are

   pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.31 of the Apache HTTP

   Server ("Apache").  This Announcement notes the significant changes

   in 1.3.31 as compared to 1.3.29 (1.3.30 was not released).  The

   Announcement is also available in German, Spanish and Japanese from:

   in 1.3.32 as compared to 1.3.31.  The Announcement is also available

   in German, Spanish and Japanese from:



        http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html.de

        http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html.es
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   This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release.

   A partial summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this document.

   A full listing of changes can be found in the CHANGES file.  Of

   particular note is that 1.3.31 addresses and fixes 4 potential

   security issues:



     o CAN-2003-0987 (cve.mitre.org)

       In mod_digest, verify whether the nonce returned in the client 

       response is one we issued ourselves.  This problem does not affect

       mod_auth_digest.



     o CAN-2003-0020 (cve.mitre.org)

       Escape arbitrary data before writing into the errorlog.



     o CAN-2004-0174 (cve.mitre.org)

       Fix starvation issue on listening sockets where a short-lived

       connection on a rarely-accessed listening socket will cause a

       child to hold the accept mutex and block out new connections until

       another connection arrives on that rarely-accessed listening socket.

       This only affects some platforms, such as Solaris, AIX and

       IRIX. Linux is unaffected.



     o CAN-2003-0993 (cve.mitre.org) 

       Fix parsing of Allow/Deny rules using IP addresses without a

       netmask; issue is only known to affect big-endian 64-bit

       platforms



   We consider Apache 1.3.31 to be the best version of Apache 1.3 available

   particular note is that 1.3.32 addresses and fixes 1 potential

   security issue:



     o CAN-2004-0492 (cve.mitre.org)

       Reject responses from a remote server if sent an invalid

       (negative) Content-Length.



   We consider Apache 1.3.32 to be the best version of Apache 1.3 available

   and we strongly recommend that users of older versions, especially of

   the 1.1.x and 1.2.x family, upgrade as soon as possible.  No further

   releases will be made in the 1.2.x family.



   Apache 1.3.31 is available for download from:

   Apache 1.3.32 is available for download from:

   

       http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
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   Apache 2.0 for better performance, stability and security on their

   platforms.



                     Apache 1.3.31 Major changes

                     Apache 1.3.32 Major changes



  Security vulnerabilities



     * CAN-2003-0987 (cve.mitre.org)

       In mod_digest, verify whether the nonce returned in the client 

       response is one we issued ourselves.  This problem does not affect

       mod_auth_digest.



     * CAN-2003-0020 (cve.mitre.org)

       Escape arbitrary data before writing into the errorlog.



     * CAN-2004-0174 (cve.mitre.org)

       Fix starvation issue on listening sockets where a short-lived

       connection on a rarely-accessed listening socket will cause a

       child to hold the accept mutex and block out new connections until

       another connection arrives on that rarely-accessed listening socket.



     * CAN-2003-0993 (cve.mitre.org) 

       Fix parsing of Allow/Deny rules using IP addresses without a

       netmask; issue is only known to affect big-endian 64-bit

       platforms

     * CAN-2004-0492 (cve.mitre.org)

       Reject responses from a remote server if sent an invalid

       (negative) Content-Length.



  New features



   New features that relate to specific platforms:



     * Linux 2.4+: If Apache is started as root and you code

       CoreDumpDirectory, core dumps are enabled via the prctl() syscall.

     * Win32: Improve error reporting after a failed attempt to spawn a 

       piped log process or rewrite map process.



   New features that relate to all platforms:



     * Add mod_whatkilledus and mod_backtrace (experimental) for

       reporting diagnostic information after a child process crash.



     * Add fatal exception hook for running diagnostic code after a

       crash.  



     * Forensic logging module added (mod_log_forensic)

     

     * '%X' is now accepted as an alias for '%c' in the

       LogFormat directive. This allows you to configure logging

       to still log the connection status even with mod_ssl

     * Added new compile-time flag: UCN_OFF_HONOR_PHYSICAL_PORT.

       It controls how UseCanonicalName Off determines the port value if

       the client doesn't provide one in the Host header. If defined during

       compilation, UseCanonicalName Off will use the physical port number

       to generate the canonical name. If not defined, it tries the current

       Port value followed by the default port for the current scheme.



  Bugs fixed



   The following noteworthy bugs were found in Apache 1.3.29 (or earlier)

   and have been fixed in Apache 1.3.31:

   The following noteworthy bugs were found in Apache 1.3.31 (or earlier)

   and have been fixed in Apache 1.3.32:



     * Fix memory corruption problem with ap_custom_response() function.

       The core per-dir config would later point to request pool data

       that would be reused for different purposes on different requests.

     * mod_rewrite: Fix query string handling for proxied URLs. PR 14518.

                                                                                

     * mod_usertrack no longer inspects the Cookie2 header for

       the cookie name. It also no longer overwrites other cookies.

     * mod_rewrite: Fix 0 bytes write into random memory position.

       PR 31036.



     * Fix bug causing core dump when using CookieTracking without

       specifying a CookieName directly.

     * mod_digest: Fix nonce string calculation since 1.3.31 which

       would force re-authentication for every connection if

       AuthDigestRealmSeed was not configured.  PR 30920.



     * UseCanonicalName off was ignoring the client provided

       port information.

     * Fix trivial bug in mod_log_forensic that caused the child

       to seg fault when certain invalid requests were fired at it with

       forensic logging is enabled.  PR 29313.



     * No longer breaks mod_dav, frontpage and others.  Repair a patch

       in 1.3.31 which prevented discarding the request body for requests

       that will be keptalive but are not currently keptalive. PR 29237.