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Modified: . Announcement Log: Make up something resembling a 1.3.1 announcement. Comments or {ap|dis}proval please. Still needs to be reviewed, but get what I have now in for comment. Revision Changes Path 1.31 +68 -28 apache-1.3/Announcement Index: Announcement =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-1.3/Announcement,v retrieving revision 1.30 retrieving revision 1.31 diff -u -r1.30 -r1.31 --- Announcement 1998/07/12 09:45:47 1.30 +++ Announcement 1998/07/15 06:51:58 1.31 @@ -1,31 +1,71 @@ +Apache 1.3.1 Released +===================== - Apache 1.3.1 Released - ===================== +The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.1 +of the Apache HTTP server. - The Apache Group is pleased to announce the release of the 1.3.1 version - of the Apache HTTP server. This is mainly a bugfix release. +The changes in this release consist of UNIX portability fixes, Win32 +security issues, and assorted other minor features or fixes. - Apache 1.3.1 is the most stable version of Apache currently available; - everyone running 1.2.X servers or earlier should upgrade to 1.3, as we - will stop providing support for the 1.2.X tree, though we may make a - release of 1.2.7. At present, the Win95/NT port of Apache is not - as stable as the UNIX version. Further releases of the 1.3.x tree - will bring the Win95/NT port closer to parity. - - To grab the latest Apache distribution, check out - http://www.apache.org/dist/ - and the huge list of available "International Mirror Sites" at - http://www.apache.org/mirrors/ - - For an overview of new features in 1.3 please read see - - http://www.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html - - In general, Apache 1.3.0 offers several substantial improvements - over previous versions, including better performance, reliability - and a wider-range of supported platforms, including Windows95 and - NT. - - 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. +WE URGE ALL USERS RUNNING ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF APACHE ON WIN32 +TO UPGRADE IMMEDIATELY. + +Users on other platforms should review the CHANGES file and decide +on their upgrade plans; the security issues apply only to Apache +on Win32. + +Apache 1.3.1 is available for download from + + http://www.apache.org/dist/ + +Please see the CHANGES file in the same directory for a full list of +changes. The distribution is also available via any of the mirrors +listed at + + http://www.apache.org/mirrors/ + +For an overview of new features in 1.3 please see + + http://www.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 95 and +NT. + +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 these +levels and should still be considered to be of beta quality. Any +Win32 stability or security problems do not impact, in any way, +Apache on other platforms. With the continued donation of time +and resources by individuals and companies, we hope that the Win32 +version of Apache will grow stronger through the 1.3.x release +cycle. + +Versions of Apache on Win32 prior to version 1.3.1 are vulnerable +to a number of security holes common to several Win32 servers. +The problems that impact Apache include: + + - trailing "."s are ignored by the file system. This allowed + certain types of access restrictions to be bypassed. + - directory names of three or more dots (eg. "...") are + considered to be valid similar to "..". This allowed people + to gain access to files outside of the configured document + trees. + +There have been at least four other similar instances of the same +basic problem: on Win32, there is more than one name for a file. +Some of these names are poorly documented or undocumented, and even +Microsoft's own IIS has been vulnerable to many of these problems. +This behavior of the Win32 file system and API makes it very difficult +to insure future security; problems of this type have been known +about for years, however each specific instance has been discovered +individually. It is unknown if there are other, yet unpublicized, +filename variants. As a result, we recommend that you use extreme +caution when dealing with access restrictions on all Win32 web +servers.