Re: Apache problems

2011-09-19 Thread Mattieu Baptiste
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:57 PM, ropers wrote: > On 19 September 2011 09:51, Mattieu Baptiste wrote: >> The apache foundation has adjusted the security advisory and Apache 1.3 >> isn't vulnerable. >> >> https://httpd.apache.org/security/CVE-2011-3192.txt > > Yes, fair enough, BUT that same advis

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-19 Thread ropers
On 19 September 2011 09:51, Mattieu Baptiste wrote: > The apache foundation has adjusted the security advisory and Apache 1.3 isn't vulnerable. > > https://httpd.apache.org/security/CVE-2011-3192.txt Yes, fair enough, BUT that same advisory says *in its Apache 1.3 section*: > However as explaine

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-19 Thread Mattieu Baptiste
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Rod Whitworth wrote: > What a pity that people don't do any searching b4 asking > > STFA for this list and (IIRC) find links to the PoC tool amongst other > info. Yes, and this has nothing to do with OpenBSD (this time). The apache foundation has adjusted the

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread Shane Harbour
On 9/18/2011 10:37 PM, Rod Whitworth wrote: > What a pity that people don't do any searching b4 asking > > STFA for this list and (IIRC) find links to the PoC tool amongst other > info. > > > > On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:24:19 -0600, Shane Harbour wrote: > >> On 9/18/2011 9:42 PM, L. V. Lammer

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread Rod Whitworth
What a pity that people don't do any searching b4 asking STFA for this list and (IIRC) find links to the PoC tool amongst other info. On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:24:19 -0600, Shane Harbour wrote: >On 9/18/2011 9:42 PM, L. V. Lammert wrote: >> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Amit Kulkarni wrote: >> >>> Re

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread Shane Harbour
On 9/18/2011 9:42 PM, L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > >> Recently there was a security issue with Apache. It was based on a >> perl script, search google. Maybe you are experiencing traffic and the >> realted problems because of that. >> > Is there any way to fin

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread L. V. Lammert
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Amit Kulkarni wrote: > Recently there was a security issue with Apache. It was based on a > perl script, search google. Maybe you are experiencing traffic and the > realted problems because of that. > Is there any way to find out if the version in 4.3 was susceptable to the at

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread L. V. Lammert
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Denis Fondras wrote: > Could this be linked to some "Apache Killer" ? > That would make sense, is/was there any way to identify vectors of the Apache attacks? Lee

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread Amit Kulkarni
>> > *Something* seems to be breaking, causing Apache to 'think' it's out of >> > resources. >> >> Eg. for amd64 limit of ~4000 processes was resolved only before couple >> of months/weeks (not sure about correct time). A LOT of improvements >> from 4.3 times regarding performance and speed of syst

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread Benny Lofgren
On 2011-09-18 15.54, L. V. Lammert wrote: > TFTR, but you missed the original premise - the system has been running > for many years with MORE children authorized, and no resource limits have > *changed*, so I don't see how it can be a resource issue. > > Something is borking Apache and causing it

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread Denis Fondras
Le 18/09/2011 15:54, L. V. Lammert a icrit : > > Something is borking Apache and causing it to use UP all resources in an > 'unauthorized' manner, or *think* they have all bee used. > Could this be linked to some "Apache Killer" ?

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread L. V. Lammert
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > > *Something* seems to be breaking, causing Apache to 'think' it's out of > > resources. > > Eg. for amd64 limit of ~4000 processes was resolved only before couple > of months/weeks (not sure about correct time). A LOT of improvements > from 4.3 times reg

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-18 Thread Tomas Bodzar
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:40 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote: > >> > [error] (35)Resource temporarily unavailable: fork: Unable to fork new process >> >> Isn't running 4.3 kinda cranky? >> > Only in the past six months - pretty much bulletproof for ma

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-17 Thread Jeremie Courreges-Anglas
[...] > Unfortunatley, that isn't the issue. It has run fine with max_clients set > at 150; when this started happening, I ran it down to 64. [...] "Thanks" for pointing this out. Do you have any other minor detail, before I decide I definitely can't help? > It isn't a resource problem, however,

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-17 Thread L. V. Lammert
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote: > > [error] (35)Resource temporarily unavailable: fork: Unable to fork new > > process > > Isn't running 4.3 kinda cranky? > Only in the past six months - pretty much bulletproof for many years. > $SEARCH_ENGINE "$your_error_message" > > gives

Re: Apache problems

2011-09-17 Thread Jeremie Courreges-Anglas
Le samedi 17 septembre 2011 C 04:15:18, L. V. Lammert a C)crit : > We have an older server (4.3) that is getting cranky - two or three times > a week Apache just 'stops', and the only issue I can find is in the common > error log (i.e. not one of the VHs), which shows unable to fork: > > [error]

Apache problems

2011-09-17 Thread L. V. Lammert
We have an older server (4.3) that is getting cranky - two or three times a week Apache just 'stops', and the only issue I can find is in the common error log (i.e. not one of the VHs), which shows unable to fork: [error] (35)Resource temporarily unavailable: fork: Unable to fork new process It *