[users@httpd] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 1.3.34 Released

[Jim Jagielski <jim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

                   Apache HTTP Server 1.3.34 Released

   The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache HTTP Server Project  
are
   pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.34 of the Apache HTTP
   Server ("Apache").  This Announcement notes the significant changes
   in 1.3.34 as compared to 1.3.33.  This Announcement1.3 document may
   also be available in multiple languages at:

        http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/

   This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix  
release.
   A partial summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this  
document.
   A full listing of changes can be found in the CHANGES file.  Of
   particular note is that 1.3.34 addresses and fixes 2 potential
   security issues:

     o If a request contains both Transfer-Encoding and
       Content-Length headers, remove the Content-Length, mitigating  
some
       HTTP Request Splitting/Spoofing attacks.

     o Added TraceEnable [on|off|extended] per-server directive to  
alter
       the behavior of the TRACE method.

   We consider Apache 1.3.34 to be the best version of Apache 1.3  
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 1.3.34 is available for download from:

       http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

   This service utilizes the network of mirrors listed at:

       http://www.apache.org/mirrors/

   Please consult the CHANGES_1.3 file for a full list of changes.

   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.   
Win32
   binary distributions are based on the Microsoft Installer (.MSI)
   technology.  While development continues to make this  
installation method
   more robust, questions should be directed to the
   news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows newsgroup.

   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 TPF 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 APACHE USERS:   Apache 1.3 was designed for  
Unix OS
   variants.  While the ports to non-Unix platforms (such as Win32,  
Netware
   or OS2) are of an acceptable quality, Apache 1.3 is not optimized  
for
   these platforms.  Security, stability, or performance issues on  
these
   non-Unix ports do not generally apply to the Unix version, due to
   software's Unix origin.

   Apache 2.0 has been structured for multiple operating systems  
from its
   inception, by introducing the Apache Portability Library and MPM  
modules.
   Users on Unix and non-Unix platforms are strongly encouraged to  
move up to
   Apache 2.0 for better performance, stability and security on their
   platforms. We consider Apache 2.0.55 to be the best available  
version at
   the time of this release.  We offer Apache 1.3.34 as the best legacy
   version of Apache 1.3 available, and strongly recommend that  
users who
   require compatibility with existing Apache 1.3 installations should
   upgrade as soon as possible.  Users should first consider  
upgrading to
   the current release of Apache 2 instead.

                     Apache 1.3.34 Major changes

  Security vulnerabilities

     * SECURITY: core: If a request contains both Transfer-Encoding and
       Content-Length headers, remove the Content-Length, mitigating  
some
       HTTP Request Splitting/Spoofing attacks.  This has no impact on
       mod_proxy_http, yet affects any module which supports chunked
       encoding yet fails to prefer T-E: chunked over the Content- 
Length
       purported value.

     * Added TraceEnable [on|off|extended] per-server directive to  
alter
       the behavior of the TRACE method.  This addresses a flaw in  
proxy
       conformance to RFC 2616 - previously the proxy server would  
accept
       a TRACE request body although the RFC prohibited it.  The  
default
       remains 'TraceEnable on'.

  New features

   New features that relate to specific platforms:

     * None

   New features that relate to all platforms:

     * None

  Bugs fixed

   The following noteworthy bugs were found in Apache 1.3.33 (or  
earlier)
   and have been fixed in Apache 1.3.34:

     * hsregex: fix potential core dumping on 64 bit machines, such as
       AMD64. PR 31858.
     * mod_digest: Fix another nonce string calculation issue.


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