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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200211-003
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PACKAGE : apache
SUMMARY : Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
DATE    : 2002-11-12 14:11 UTC
EXPLOIT : local

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A vulnerability exists in the SSI error pages of Apache 2.0 that
involves incorrect filtering of server signature data.
The vulnerability could enable an attacker to hijack web sessions,
allowing a range of potential compromises on the targeted host.

Read the full advisory at
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/293791

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-www/apache-2.0.42 and earlier update their systems as follows:

emerge rsync
emerge apache
emerge clean

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