Chris Schreiber
Fri 22nd Mar '02, 4:21am
Apache 1.3.24 Released
The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project are
pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.24 of the Apache HTTP
server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.24.
This version of Apache is principally a security and bug fix release.
A summary of the bug fixes and major new features is given at the end
of this document. Of particular note is that 1.3.24 addresses and
fixes the issues noted in CAN-2002-0061 (mitre.org) regarding escaping
of command line args on Win32. We would like to thank Ory Segal
<ORY.SEGAL@SANCTUMINC.COM> for discovering and reporting the
vulnerability.
We consider Apache 1.3.24 to be the best version of Apache 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 1.3.24 is available for download from
http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/
Please see the CHANGES_1.3 file in the same directory for a full list
of changes.
Binary distributions are available from
http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/
The source and binary distributions are also available via any of the
mirrors listed at
http://www.apache.org/mirrors/
As of Apache 1.3.17, Win32 binary distributions are now based on the
Microsoft Installer (.MSI) technology. This change occurred in order to
resolve the many problems WinME and Win2K users experienced with the
older InstallShield-based installer.exe file. While development
continues to make this new installation method more robust, questions
should be directed at the news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows
newsgroup.
As of Apache 1.3.12 binary distributions contain all standard Apache
modules as shared objects (if supported by the platform) and include
full source code. Installation is easily done by executing the
included install script. See the README.bindist and INSTALL.bindist
files for a complete explanation. Please note that the binary
distributions are only provided for your convenience and current
distributions for specific platforms are not always available.
For an overview of new features introduced after 1.2 please see
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html
In general, Apache 1.3 offers several substantial improvements over
version 1.2, including better performance, reliability and a wider
range of supported platforms, including Windows NT and 2000 (which
fall under the "Win32" label), OS2, Netware, and TPE threaded
platforms.
Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over half
of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of its
variants.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WIN32 USERS: Over the years, many users have come
to trust Apache as a secure and stable server. It must be realized
that the current Win32 code has not yet reached the levels of the Unix
version, but is of acceptable quality. Win32 stability or security
problems do not reflect on the Unix version.
Apache 1.3.24 Major changes
Security vulnerabilities
* Fix the security vulnerability noted in CAN-2002-0061 (mitre.org)
regarding the escaping of command line args on Win32.
* Prevent invalid client hostnames from appearing in the log file.
New features
The main new features in 1.3.24 (compared to 1.3.23) are:
* Various mod_proxy improvements, such as the new ProxyIOBufferSize
directive.
* The new ''IgnoreCase' keyword to the IndexOptions directive.
New features that relate to specific platforms:
* Added the module mod_log_nw to handle log rotation under NetWare.
Bugs fixed
The following bugs were found in Apache 1.3.23 (or earlier) and have
been fixed in Apache 1.3.24:
* mod_rewrite's 'rnd' was broken and has been fixed.
* The '-S' option of 'apxs' was not able to handle quotes; also 'apxs'
is now rebuilt when options are changed.
* proxy now correctly handles Cookies and X-Cache headers.
The following bugs relate to specific platforms:
* Fixed a problem in TPF when we were using the wrong subpool when
opening the error log.
* pthread accept() mutexes on Solaris were broken (since we were
not linking against pthread)
The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project are
pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.24 of the Apache HTTP
server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.24.
This version of Apache is principally a security and bug fix release.
A summary of the bug fixes and major new features is given at the end
of this document. Of particular note is that 1.3.24 addresses and
fixes the issues noted in CAN-2002-0061 (mitre.org) regarding escaping
of command line args on Win32. We would like to thank Ory Segal
<ORY.SEGAL@SANCTUMINC.COM> for discovering and reporting the
vulnerability.
We consider Apache 1.3.24 to be the best version of Apache 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 1.3.24 is available for download from
http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/
Please see the CHANGES_1.3 file in the same directory for a full list
of changes.
Binary distributions are available from
http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/
The source and binary distributions are also available via any of the
mirrors listed at
http://www.apache.org/mirrors/
As of Apache 1.3.17, Win32 binary distributions are now based on the
Microsoft Installer (.MSI) technology. This change occurred in order to
resolve the many problems WinME and Win2K users experienced with the
older InstallShield-based installer.exe file. While development
continues to make this new installation method more robust, questions
should be directed at the news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows
newsgroup.
As of Apache 1.3.12 binary distributions contain all standard Apache
modules as shared objects (if supported by the platform) and include
full source code. Installation is easily done by executing the
included install script. See the README.bindist and INSTALL.bindist
files for a complete explanation. Please note that the binary
distributions are only provided for your convenience and current
distributions for specific platforms are not always available.
For an overview of new features introduced after 1.2 please see
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html
In general, Apache 1.3 offers several substantial improvements over
version 1.2, including better performance, reliability and a wider
range of supported platforms, including Windows NT and 2000 (which
fall under the "Win32" label), OS2, Netware, and TPE threaded
platforms.
Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over half
of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of its
variants.
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WIN32 USERS: Over the years, many users have come
to trust Apache as a secure and stable server. It must be realized
that the current Win32 code has not yet reached the levels of the Unix
version, but is of acceptable quality. Win32 stability or security
problems do not reflect on the Unix version.
Apache 1.3.24 Major changes
Security vulnerabilities
* Fix the security vulnerability noted in CAN-2002-0061 (mitre.org)
regarding the escaping of command line args on Win32.
* Prevent invalid client hostnames from appearing in the log file.
New features
The main new features in 1.3.24 (compared to 1.3.23) are:
* Various mod_proxy improvements, such as the new ProxyIOBufferSize
directive.
* The new ''IgnoreCase' keyword to the IndexOptions directive.
New features that relate to specific platforms:
* Added the module mod_log_nw to handle log rotation under NetWare.
Bugs fixed
The following bugs were found in Apache 1.3.23 (or earlier) and have
been fixed in Apache 1.3.24:
* mod_rewrite's 'rnd' was broken and has been fixed.
* The '-S' option of 'apxs' was not able to handle quotes; also 'apxs'
is now rebuilt when options are changed.
* proxy now correctly handles Cookies and X-Cache headers.
The following bugs relate to specific platforms:
* Fixed a problem in TPF when we were using the wrong subpool when
opening the error log.
* pthread accept() mutexes on Solaris were broken (since we were
not linking against pthread)