Apache 1.3.24 Released!

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                            Apache 1.3.24 Released

   The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project are    pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.24 of the Apache HTTP
   server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.24.

   This version of Apache is principally a security and bug fix release.

   A summary of the bug fixes and major new features is given at the end

   of this document. Of particular note is that 1.3.24 addresses and    fixes the issues noted in CAN-2002-0061 (mitre.org) regarding escaping

   of command line args on Win32. We would like to thank Ory Segal    <ORY.SEGAL@SANCTUMINC.COM> for discovering and reporting the    vulnerability.

   We consider Apache 1.3.24 to be the best version of Apache available

   and we strongly recommend that users of older versions, especially of

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   the 1.1.x and 1.2.x family, upgrade as soon as possible. No further

   releases will be made in the 1.2.x family.

   Apache 1.3.24 is available for download from    

       http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/

   Please see the CHANGES_1.3 file in the same directory for a full list

   of changes.

   Binary distributions are available from

       http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/

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   The source and binary distributions are also available via any of the

   mirrors listed at

       http://www.apache.org/mirrors/

   As of Apache 1.3.17, Win32 binary distributions are now based on the

   Microsoft Installer (.MSI) technology. This change occurred in order to

   resolve the many problems WinME and Win2K users experienced with the

   older InstallShield-based installer.exe file. While development    continues to make this new installation method more robust, questions

   should be directed at the
news:comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows

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   newsgroup.

   As of Apache 1.3.12 binary distributions contain all standard Apache

   modules as shared objects (if supported by the platform) and include

   full source code. Installation is easily done by executing the    included install script. See the README.bindist and INSTALL.bindist

   files for a complete explanation. Please note that the binary    distributions are only provided for your convenience and current    distributions for specific platforms are not always available.

   For an overview of new features introduced after 1.2 please see    

   http://httpd.apache.org/docs/new_features_1_3.html

   In general, Apache 1.3 offers several substantial improvements over

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   version 1.2, including better performance, reliability and a wider    range of supported platforms, including Windows NT and 2000 (which    fall under the "Win32" label), OS2, Netware, and TPE threaded    platforms.

   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 the levels of the Unix

   version, but is of acceptable quality. Win32 stability or security

   problems do not reflect on the Unix version.

                     Apache 1.3.24 Major changes

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  Security vulnerabilities

• Fix the security vulnerability noted in CAN-2002-0061 (mitre.org) regarding the escaping of command line args on Win32.
• Prevent invalid client hostnames from appearing in the log file.

  New features

   The main new features in 1.3.24 (compared to 1.3.23) are:

• Various mod_proxy improvements, such as the new ProxyIOBufferSize directive.
• The new ''IgnoreCase' keyword to the IndexOptions directive.

   New features that relate to specific platforms:

• Added the module mod_log_nw to handle log rotation under NetWare.

  Bugs fixed

   The following bugs were found in Apache 1.3.23 (or earlier) and have

   been fixed in Apache 1.3.24:

• mod_rewrite's 'rnd' was broken and has been fixed.
• The '-S' option of 'apxs' was not able to handle quotes; also 'apxs' is now rebuilt when options are changed.
• proxy now correctly handles Cookies and X-Cache headers.

   The following bugs relate to specific platforms:

• Fixed a problem in TPF when we were using the wrong subpool when opening the error log.
• pthread accept() mutexes on Solaris were broken (since we were not linking against pthread)

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