Apache: Privilege escalation — GLSA 201904-20

A vulnerability in Apache might allow an attacker to escalate privileges.

Package	www-servers/apache on all architectures
Affected versions	< 2.4.39
Unaffected versions	>= 2.4.39

The Apache HTTP server is one of the most popular web servers on the Internet.

A vulnerability was discovered in Apache with MPM event, worker, or prefork.

An attacker could escalate privileges.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Apache users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/apache-2.4.39"

Release date
April 22, 2019

Latest revision
April 22, 2019: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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