New apr-util packages fix denial of service

Users of apr-util please be advised of a New packages fix denial of service vulnerability that has been identified.
To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

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DSA-2117-1: [DSA-2117-1] New apr-util packages fix denial of service

Jeff Trawick discovered a flaw in the apr_brigade_split_line() function in apr-util. A remote attacker could send crafted http requests to cause a greatly increased memory consumption in Apache httpd, resulting in a denial of service. This upgrade fixes this issue. After the upgrade, any running apache2 server processes need to be restartedRead more at http://www.criticalwatch.com

 

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