Re: [Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-29 Thread Andrew Farmer
On 2011-08-26, at 08:12, Nikolay Kichukov wrote:
 Hi,
 This one works like charm on my debian stable
 
 LimitRequestFieldSize 200
 
 in the apache2.conf as global directive for all vhosts.

Be cautious about applying this mitigation -- it *will* break applications 
which use large cookies. In particular, the cookies generated by Google 
Analytics are often over 200 bytes long alone.
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Re: [Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-27 Thread Nikolay Kichukov
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Hi,
This one works like charm on my debian stable

LimitRequestFieldSize 200


in the apache2.conf as global directive for all vhosts.

Cheers,
- -Nik

On 08/26/2011 05:56 PM, bodik wrote:
 Dne 08/26/11 13:26, bodik napsal(a):

 Option 2: (Pre 2.2 and 1.3)

 # Reject request when more than 5 ranges in the Range: header. #
 CVE-2011-3192 # RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:range}
 !(bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) # RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range}
 !(bytes=[^,]+(?:,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) RewriteRule .* - [F]
 ^^ Better use this:

 RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
 [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
 [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F]


 in any case, i found very wierd behavior on some of our webservers. as we
 applied the first version of workaround, something about 15% of our webpages
 seems to be broken, but the rest of virtual hosts were working fine.
 
 because of messing with Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch and
 mod_rewrite i have to implement other workaround ..
 
 b
 
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Re: [Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-26 Thread Anestis Bechtsoudis
On 08/24/2011 07:55 PM, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
   Apache HTTPD Security ADVISORY
   ==
 UPDATE 1
 
 Title:   Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x
 
 CVE: CVE-2011-3192
 Last Change: 20110824 1800Z
 Date:20110824 1600Z
 Product: Apache HTTPD Web Server
 Versions:Apache 1.3 all versions, Apache 2 all versions
 
 Description:
 
 
 A denial of service vulnerability has been found in the way the multiple 
 overlapping ranges are handled by the Apache HTTPD server:
 
  http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/175 
 
 An attack tool is circulating in the wild. Active use of this tools has 
 been observed.
 
 The attack can be done remotely and with a modest number of requests can 
 cause very significant memory and CPU usage on the server. 
 
 The default Apache HTTPD installation is vulnerable.
 
 There is currently no patch/new version of Apache HTTPD which fixes this 
 vulnerability. This advisory will be updated when a long term fix 
 is available. 
 
 A full fix is expected in the next 48 hours. 
 
 Mitigation:
 
 
 There are several immediate options to mitigate this issue until a full fix 
 is available:
 
 1) Use SetEnvIf or mod_rewrite to detect a large number of ranges and then
either ignore the Range: header or reject the request.
 
Option 1: (Apache 2.0 and 2.2)
 
   # Drop the Range header when more than 5 ranges.
   # CVE-2011-3192
   SetEnvIf Range (,.*?){5,} bad-range=1
   RequestHeader unset Range env=bad-range
 
   # optional logging.
   CustomLog logs/range-CVE-2011-3192.log common env=bad-range
 
Option 2: (Also for Apache 1.3)
 
   # Reject request when more than 5 ranges in the Range: header.
   # CVE-2011-3192
   #
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
   RewriteRule .* - [F]
 
The number 5 is arbitrary. Several 10's should not be an issue and may be
required for sites which for example serve PDFs to very high end eReaders
or use things such complex http based video streaming.
 
 2) Limit the size of the request field to a few hundred bytes. Note that 
 while 
this keeps the offending Range header short - it may break other headers; 
such as sizeable cookies or security fields. 
 
   LimitRequestFieldSize 200
 
Note that as the attack evolves in the field you are likely to have
to further limit this and/or impose other LimitRequestFields limits.
 
See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#limitrequestfieldsize
 
 3) Use mod_headers to completely dis-allow the use of Range headers:
 
   RequestHeader unset Range 
 
Note that this may break certain clients - such as those used for
e-Readers and progressive/http-streaming video.
 
 4) Deploy a Range header count module as a temporary stopgap measure:
 
  http://people.apache.org/~dirkx/mod_rangecnt.c
 
Precompiled binaries for some platforms are available at:
 
   http://people.apache.org/~dirkx/BINARIES.txt
 
 5) Apply any of the current patches under discussion - such as:
 

 http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201108.mbox/%3ccaapsnn2po-d-c4nqt_tes2rrwizr7urefhtkpwbc1b+k1dq...@mail.gmail.com%3e
 
 OS and Vendor specific information
 ==
 
 Red Hat:  Option 1 cannot be used on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732928
 
 NetWare:  Pre compiled binaries available.
 
 Actions:
 
 
 Apache HTTPD users who are concerned about a DoS attack against their server 
 should consider implementing any of the above mitigations immediately. 
 
 When using a third party attack tool to verify vulnerability - know that most 
 of the versions in the wild currently check for the presence of mod_deflate; 
 and will (mis)report that your server is not vulnerable if this module is not 
 present. This vulnerability is not dependent on presence or absence of 
 that module.
 
 Planning:
 =
 
 This advisory will be updated when new information, a patch or a new release 
 is available. A patch or new apache release for Apache 2.0 and 2.2 is 
 expected 
 in the next 48 hours. Note that, while popular, Apache 1.3 is deprecated.
 
 
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Everyone must be also aware of the Request-Range except the Range
field in the header.

From the byterange source
(http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/modules/http/byterange_filter.c)



if (!(range = apr_table_get(r-headers_in, Range))) {
range = apr_table_get(r-headers_in, Request-Range);
}


Advisories must 

[Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-26 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
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 Apache HTTPD Security ADVISORY
 ==
   UPDATE 2

Title:   Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x

CVE: CVE-2011-3192
Last Change: 20110826 1030Z
Date:20110824 1600Z
Product: Apache HTTPD Web Server
Versions:Apache 1.3 all versions, Apache 2 all versions

Changes since last update
=
In addition to the 'Range' header - the 'Range-Request' header is equally
affected. Furthermore various vendor updates, improved regexes (speed and
accommodating a different and new attack pattern).

Description:


A denial of service vulnerability has been found in the way the multiple 
overlapping ranges are handled by the Apache HTTPD server:

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/175 

An attack tool is circulating in the wild. Active use of this tool has 
been observed.

The attack can be done remotely and with a modest number of requests can 
cause very significant memory and CPU usage on the server. 

The default Apache HTTPD installation is vulnerable.

There is currently no patch/new version of Apache HTTPD which fixes this 
vulnerability. This advisory will be updated when a long term fix 
is available. 

A full fix is expected in the next 24 hours. 

Background and the 2007 report
==

There are two aspects to this vulnerability. One is new, is Apache specific; 
and resolved with this server side fix. The other issue is fundamentally a 
protocol design issue dating back to 2007:

 http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Jan/83 

The contemporary interpretation of the HTTP protocol (currently) requires a 
server to return multiple (overlapping) ranges; in the order requested. This 
means that one can request a very large range (e.g. from byte 0- to the end) 
100's of times in a single request. 

Being able to do so is an issue for (probably all) webservers and currently 
subject of an IETF discussion to change the protocol:

 http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/311

This advisory details a problem with how Apache httpd and its so called 
internal 'bucket brigades' deal with serving such valid request. The
problem is that currently such requests internally explode into 100's of 
large fetches, all of which are kept in memory in an inefficient way. This
is being addressed in two ways. By making things more efficient. And by 
weeding out or simplifying requests deemed too unwieldy.

Mitigation:
===

There are several immediate options to mitigate this issue until a full fix 
is available. Below examples handle both the 'Range' and the legacy
'Request-Range' with various levels of care. 

Note that 'Request-Range' is a legacy name dating back to Netscape Navigator 
2-3 and MSIE 3. Depending on your user community - it is likely that you
can use option '3' safely for this older 'Request-Range'.

1) Use SetEnvIf or mod_rewrite to detect a large number of ranges and then
  either ignore the Range: header or reject the request.

  Option 1: (Apache 2.2)

 # Drop the Range header when more than 5 ranges.
 # CVE-2011-3192
 SetEnvIf Range (?:,.*?){5,5} bad-range=1
 RequestHeader unset Range env=bad-range

 # We always drop Request-Range; as this is a legacy
 # dating back to MSIE3 and Netscape 2 and 3.
 RequestHeader unset Request-Range

 # optional logging.
 CustomLog logs/range-CVE-2011-3192.log common env=bad-range
 CustomLog logs/range-CVE-2011-3192.log common env=bad-req-range

  Above may not work for all configurations. In particular situations
  mod_cache and (language) modules may act before the 'unset'
  is executed upon during the 'fixup' phase.

  Option 2: (Pre 2.2 and 1.3)

 # Reject request when more than 5 ranges in the Range: header.
 # CVE-2011-3192
 #
 RewriteEngine on
 RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
 # RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range} !(bytes=[^,]+(?:,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
 RewriteRule .* - [F]

 # We always drop Request-Range; as this is a legacy
 # dating back to MSIE3 and Netscape 2 and 3.
 RequestHeader unset Request-Range

  The number 5 is arbitrary. Several 10's should not be an issue and may be
  required for sites which for example serve PDFs to very high end eReaders
  or use things such complex http based video streaming.

2) Limit the size of the request field to a few hundred bytes. Note that while 
  this keeps the offending Range header short - it may break other headers; 
  such as sizeable cookies or security fields. 

 LimitRequestFieldSize 200

  Note that as the attack evolves in the field you are likely to have
  to further limit this and/or impose other LimitRequestFields limits.

  See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#limitrequestfieldsize

3) 

Re: [Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-26 Thread Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez
On 26/08/11 12:35, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote:
  Apache HTTPD Security ADVISORY
  ==
UPDATE 2
 
 Title:   Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x
 
 CVE: CVE-2011-3192
 Last Change: 20110826 1030Z
 Date:20110824 1600Z
 Product: Apache HTTPD Web Server
 Versions:Apache 1.3 all versions, Apache 2 all versions
 
 Changes since last update
 =
 In addition to the 'Range' header - the 'Range-Request' header is equally
 affected. Furthermore various vendor updates, improved regexes (speed and
 accommodating a different and new attack pattern).
 
 Description:
 
 
 A denial of service vulnerability has been found in the way the multiple 
 overlapping ranges are handled by the Apache HTTPD server:
 
 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/175 
 
 An attack tool is circulating in the wild. Active use of this tool has 
 been observed.
 
 The attack can be done remotely and with a modest number of requests can 
 cause very significant memory and CPU usage on the server. 
 
 The default Apache HTTPD installation is vulnerable.
 
 There is currently no patch/new version of Apache HTTPD which fixes this 
 vulnerability. This advisory will be updated when a long term fix 
 is available. 
 
 A full fix is expected in the next 24 hours. 
 
 Background and the 2007 report
 ==
 
 There are two aspects to this vulnerability. One is new, is Apache specific; 
 and resolved with this server side fix. The other issue is fundamentally a 
 protocol design issue dating back to 2007:
 
  http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Jan/83 
 
 The contemporary interpretation of the HTTP protocol (currently) requires a 
 server to return multiple (overlapping) ranges; in the order requested. This 
 means that one can request a very large range (e.g. from byte 0- to the end) 
 100's of times in a single request. 
 
 Being able to do so is an issue for (probably all) webservers and currently 
 subject of an IETF discussion to change the protocol:
 
  http://trac.tools.ietf.org/wg/httpbis/trac/ticket/311
 
 This advisory details a problem with how Apache httpd and its so called 
 internal 'bucket brigades' deal with serving such valid request. The
 problem is that currently such requests internally explode into 100's of 
 large fetches, all of which are kept in memory in an inefficient way. This
 is being addressed in two ways. By making things more efficient. And by 
 weeding out or simplifying requests deemed too unwieldy.
 
 Mitigation:
 ===
 
 There are several immediate options to mitigate this issue until a full fix 
 is available. Below examples handle both the 'Range' and the legacy
 'Request-Range' with various levels of care. 
 
 Note that 'Request-Range' is a legacy name dating back to Netscape Navigator 
 2-3 and MSIE 3. Depending on your user community - it is likely that you
 can use option '3' safely for this older 'Request-Range'.
 
 1) Use SetEnvIf or mod_rewrite to detect a large number of ranges and then
   either ignore the Range: header or reject the request.
 
   Option 1: (Apache 2.2)
 
  # Drop the Range header when more than 5 ranges.
  # CVE-2011-3192
  SetEnvIf Range (?:,.*?){5,5} bad-range=1
  RequestHeader unset Range env=bad-range
 
  # We always drop Request-Range; as this is a legacy
  # dating back to MSIE3 and Netscape 2 and 3.
  RequestHeader unset Request-Range
 
  # optional logging.
  CustomLog logs/range-CVE-2011-3192.log common env=bad-range
  CustomLog logs/range-CVE-2011-3192.log common env=bad-req-range
 
   Above may not work for all configurations. In particular situations
   mod_cache and (language) modules may act before the 'unset'
   is executed upon during the 'fixup' phase.
 
   Option 2: (Pre 2.2 and 1.3)
 
  # Reject request when more than 5 ranges in the Range: header.
  # CVE-2011-3192
  #
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
  # RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range} !(bytes=[^,]+(?:,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
  RewriteRule .* - [F]
^^
Better use this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

Because if you don't specify the [OR] apache will combine the rules
making an AND (and you don't want this!).

Also use NC=(nocase) to prevent the attacker upper casing bytes=
(don't know if it will work.. but just to prevent)


 
  # We always drop Request-Range; as this is a legacy
  # dating back to MSIE3 and Netscape 2 and 3.
  RequestHeader unset Request-Range
 
   The number 5 is arbitrary. Several 10's should not be an issue and may be
   required for sites which for example serve PDFs to 

Re: [Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-26 Thread bodik

 Option 2: (Pre 2.2 and 1.3)
 
 # Reject request when more than 5 ranges in the Range: header. #
 CVE-2011-3192 # RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:range}
 !(bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) # RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range}
 !(bytes=[^,]+(?:,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) RewriteRule .* - [F]
 ^^ Better use this:
 
 RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
 [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
 [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F]
 
 Because if you don't specify the [OR] apache will combine the rules making
 an AND (and you don't want this!).
 
 Also use NC=(nocase) to prevent the attacker upper casing bytes= (don't
 know if it will work.. but just to prevent)
 

in any case, i found very wierd behavior on some of our webservers. as we
applied the first version of workaround, something about 15% of our webpages
seems to be broken, but the rest of virtual hosts were working fine.

I really dunno why, since LiveHeaders didn't show !any! ranges http header
from my browser but still i was getting Forbidden response :(

I'll digg in deeper (also to rewrite debug log) in the night because I can't
reproduce it on other places ;(

bodik

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Re: [Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-26 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik

On 26 Aug 2011, at 12:09, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote:
 RewriteEngine on
 RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) [NC,OR]
 RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) [NC]
 RewriteRule .* - [F]
 
 Because if you don't specify the [OR] apache will combine the rules
 making an AND (and you don't want this!).
 
 Also use NC=(nocase) to prevent the attacker upper casing bytes=
 (don't know if it will work.. but just to prevent)

Thank you - will double check  add in next/final advisory.

Dw.

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Re: [Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-26 Thread bodik
Dne 08/26/11 13:26, bodik napsal(a):
 
 Option 2: (Pre 2.2 and 1.3)

 # Reject request when more than 5 ranges in the Range: header. #
 CVE-2011-3192 # RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:range}
 !(bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) # RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range}
 !(bytes=[^,]+(?:,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$) RewriteRule .* - [F]
 ^^ Better use this:

 RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
 [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP:request-range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
 [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F]

 
 in any case, i found very wierd behavior on some of our webservers. as we
 applied the first version of workaround, something about 15% of our webpages
 seems to be broken, but the rest of virtual hosts were working fine.

because of messing with Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch and
mod_rewrite i have to implement other workaround ..

b

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[Full-disclosure] Advisory: Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x (CVE-2011-3192)

2011-08-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
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  Apache HTTPD Security ADVISORY
  ==
UPDATE 1

Title:   Range header DoS vulnerability Apache HTTPD 1.3/2.x

CVE: CVE-2011-3192
Last Change: 20110824 1800Z
Date:20110824 1600Z
Product: Apache HTTPD Web Server
Versions:Apache 1.3 all versions, Apache 2 all versions

Description:


A denial of service vulnerability has been found in the way the multiple 
overlapping ranges are handled by the Apache HTTPD server:

 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Aug/175 

An attack tool is circulating in the wild. Active use of this tools has 
been observed.

The attack can be done remotely and with a modest number of requests can 
cause very significant memory and CPU usage on the server. 

The default Apache HTTPD installation is vulnerable.

There is currently no patch/new version of Apache HTTPD which fixes this 
vulnerability. This advisory will be updated when a long term fix 
is available. 

A full fix is expected in the next 48 hours. 

Mitigation:


There are several immediate options to mitigate this issue until a full fix 
is available:

1) Use SetEnvIf or mod_rewrite to detect a large number of ranges and then
   either ignore the Range: header or reject the request.

   Option 1: (Apache 2.0 and 2.2)

  # Drop the Range header when more than 5 ranges.
  # CVE-2011-3192
  SetEnvIf Range (,.*?){5,} bad-range=1
  RequestHeader unset Range env=bad-range

  # optional logging.
  CustomLog logs/range-CVE-2011-3192.log common env=bad-range

   Option 2: (Also for Apache 1.3)

  # Reject request when more than 5 ranges in the Range: header.
  # CVE-2011-3192
  #
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:range} !(^bytes=[^,]+(,[^,]+){0,4}$|^$)
  RewriteRule .* - [F]

   The number 5 is arbitrary. Several 10's should not be an issue and may be
   required for sites which for example serve PDFs to very high end eReaders
   or use things such complex http based video streaming.

2) Limit the size of the request field to a few hundred bytes. Note that while 
   this keeps the offending Range header short - it may break other headers; 
   such as sizeable cookies or security fields. 

  LimitRequestFieldSize 200

   Note that as the attack evolves in the field you are likely to have
   to further limit this and/or impose other LimitRequestFields limits.

   See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#limitrequestfieldsize

3) Use mod_headers to completely dis-allow the use of Range headers:

  RequestHeader unset Range 

   Note that this may break certain clients - such as those used for
   e-Readers and progressive/http-streaming video.

4) Deploy a Range header count module as a temporary stopgap measure:

 http://people.apache.org/~dirkx/mod_rangecnt.c

   Precompiled binaries for some platforms are available at:

http://people.apache.org/~dirkx/BINARIES.txt

5) Apply any of the current patches under discussion - such as:

   
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/201108.mbox/%3ccaapsnn2po-d-c4nqt_tes2rrwizr7urefhtkpwbc1b+k1dq...@mail.gmail.com%3e

OS and Vendor specific information
==

Red Hat:Option 1 cannot be used on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=732928

NetWare:Pre compiled binaries available.

Actions:


Apache HTTPD users who are concerned about a DoS attack against their server 
should consider implementing any of the above mitigations immediately. 

When using a third party attack tool to verify vulnerability - know that most 
of the versions in the wild currently check for the presence of mod_deflate; 
and will (mis)report that your server is not vulnerable if this module is not 
present. This vulnerability is not dependent on presence or absence of 
that module.

Planning:
=

This advisory will be updated when new information, a patch or a new release 
is available. A patch or new apache release for Apache 2.0 and 2.2 is expected 
in the next 48 hours. Note that, while popular, Apache 1.3 is deprecated.

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