[ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9 Released

[Jim Jagielski <jim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

                     Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9 Released

 The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are
 pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.9 of the Apache HTTP  
Server
 ("Apache").  This version of Apache is principally a bug and  
security fix
 release. The following potential security flaws are addressed:

   * CVE-2008-2364 (cve.mitre.org)
     mod_proxy_http: Better handling of excessive interim responses
     from origin server to prevent potential denial of service and high
     memory usage. Reported by Ryujiro Shibuya.

   * CVE-2007-6420 (cve.mitre.org)
     mod_proxy_balancer: Prevent CSRF attacks against the balancer- 
manager
     interface.


 We consider this release to be the best version of Apache available,  
and
 encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.

 Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9 is available for download from:

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

 Apache 2.2 offers numerous enhancements, improvements, and performance
 boosts over the 2.0 codebase.  For an overview of new features  
introduced
 since 2.0 please see:

   http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/new_features_2_2.html

 Please see the CHANGES_2.2 file, linked from the download page, for a
 full list of changes.  A condensed list, CHANGES_2.2.9 provides the
 complete list of changes since 2.2.8. A summary of security  
vulnerabilities
 which were addressed in the previous 2.2.8 and earlier releases is  
available:

   http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html

 Apache HTTP Server 1.3.41 and 2.0.63 legacy releases are also  
currently
 available.  See the appropriate CHANGES from the url above.  See the
 corresponding CHANGES files linked from the download page.  The Apache
 HTTP Project developers strongly encourage all users to migrate to
 Apache 2.2, as only limited maintenance is performed on these legacy
 versions.

 This release includes the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) version 1.3.0
 bundled with the tar and zip distributions.  The APR libraries libapr
 and libaprutil (and on Win32, libapriconv) must all be updated to  
ensure
 binary compatibility and address many known platform bugs.

 This release builds on and extends the Apache 2.0 API.  Modules  
written
 for Apache 2.0 will need to be recompiled in order to run with  
Apache 2.2,
 and require minimal or no source code changes.

   http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/ 
VERSIONING

 When upgrading or installing this version of Apache, please bear in  
mind
 that if you intend to use Apache with one of the threaded MPMs (other
 than the Prefork MPM), you must ensure that any modules you will be  
using
 (and the libraries they depend on) are thread-safe.



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