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29 October 2003 - Apache HTTP Server 2.0.48 Released

The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the eleventh public release of the Apache 2.0 HTTP Server. This Announcement notes the significant changes in 2.0.48 as compared to 2.0.47.

This version of Apache is principally a bug fix release. A summary of the bug fixes is given at the end of this document. Of particular note is that 2.0.48 addresses two security vulnerabilities:

mod_cgid mishandling of CGI redirect paths could result in CGI output going to the wrong client when a threaded MPM is used.
[http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0789]

A buffer overflow could occur in mod_alias and mod_rewrite when a regular expression with more than 9 captures is configured.
[http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0542]

This release is compatible with modules compiled for 2.0.42 and later versions. We consider this release to be the best version of Apache available and encourage users of all prior versions to upgrade.

Apache 2.0.48 is available for download from
http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

Please see the CHANGES_2.0 file, linked from the above page, for a full list of changes.

Apache 2.0 offers numerous enhancements, improvements, and performance boosts over the 1.3 codebase. For an overview of new features introduced after 1.3 please see

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/new_features_2_0.html

When upgrading or installing this version of Apache, please keep in mind the following:
If you intend to use Apache with one of the threaded MPMs, you must ensure that the modules (and the libraries they depend on) that you will be using are thread-safe. Please contact the vendors of these modules to obtain this information.

For more information, see the Apache HTTP Server Project WebSite.