Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Anyone have any idea how soon RHEL and CentOS will be releasing the patch
package?

Excerpt:
Computerworld - Developers of the Apache open-source project today
warned users of the popular Web server software that a denial-of-service
(DoS) tool is circulating that exploits a bug in the program.

The tool, called "Apache Killer," showed up last Friday in a post to the
"Full Disclosure" security mailing list.

Today, the Apache project acknowledged the vulnerability that the attack
tool exploits, and said it would release a fix for Apache 2.0 and 2.2 in
the next 48 hours.
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<http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219471/Apache_warns_Web_server_admins_of_DoS_attack_tool>

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