Hello, The Apache HTTP Server Project is proud to announce the release of version 2.2.16 of the Apache HTTP Server ("httpd"). This version is principally a security and bugfix release.
Notably, this release addresses CVE-2010-1452 (cve.mitre.org), a remote denial of service bug in mod_cache and mod_dav. This release further addresses the issue CVE-2010-2068 within mod_proxy_ajp, mod_proxy_http, mod_reqtimeout.
This version of httpd is a major release and the start of a new stable branch, and represents the best available version of Apache HTTP Server. New features include Smart Filtering, Improved Caching, AJP Proxy, Proxy Load Balancing, Graceful Shutdown support, Large File Support, the Event MPM, and refactored Authentication/Authorization.
Changes with Apache 2.2.16
*) SECURITY: CVE-2010-1452 (cve.mitre.org)
mod_dav, mod_cache: Fix Handling of requests without a path segment.
PR: 49246 [Mark Drayton, Jeff Trawick]
*) SECURITY: CVE-2010-2068 (cve.mitre.org)
mod_proxy_ajp, mod_proxy_http, mod_reqtimeout: Fix timeout detection
for platforms Windows, Netware and OS2. PR: 49417. [Rainer Jung]
*) core: Filter init functions are now run strictly once per request
before handler invocation. The init functions are no longer run
for connection filters. PR 49328. [Joe Orton]
*) mod_filter: enable it to act on non-200 responses.
PR 48377 [Nick Kew]
*) mod_ldap: LDAP caching was suppressed (and ldap-status handler returns
title page only) when any mod_ldap directives were used in VirtualHost
context. [Eric Covener]
*) mod_ssl: Fix segfault at startup if proxy client certs are shared
across multiple vhosts. PR 39915. [Joe Orton]
*) mod_proxy_http: Log the port of the remote server in various messages.
PR 48812. [Igor Galić ]
*) apxs: Fix -A and -a options to ignore whitespace in httpd.conf
[Philip M. Gollucci]
*) mod_dir: add FallbackResource directive, to enable admin to specify
an action to happen when a URL maps to no file, without resorting
to ErrorDocument or mod_rewrite. PR 47184 [Nick Kew]
*) mod_rewrite: Allow to set environment variables without explicitely
giving a value. [Rainer Jung]
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