Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced
via advisory SSA:2004-154-01.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SSA:2004-154-01
Insight
New mod_ssl packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a security issue. The packages were upgraded to mod_ssl-2.8.18-1.3.31 fixing a buffer overflow that may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a client certificate with a long subject DN, if mod_ssl is configured to trust the issuing CA. Web sites running mod_ssl should upgrade to the new set of apache and mod_ssl packages. There are new PHP packages as well to fix a Slackware-specific local denial-of-service issue (an additional Slackware advisory SSA:2004-154-02 has been issued for PHP).
More details about the mod_ssl issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0488
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2004-0488 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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