Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200705-04 (mod_perl)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200705-04.
Solution
All mod_perl 1.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apache/mod_perl-1.30' All mod_perl 2.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apache/mod_perl-2.0.3-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200705-04 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172676
Insight
The mod_perl Apache module is vulnerable to a Denial of Service when processing regular expressions.