HP Secure Web Server V2.0 for OpenVMS Update 01 Release Notes September 10, 2004 Based on Apache V2.0.47 ----------------------- This is a security update kit for Secure Web Server V2.0 for OpenVMS. Documentation for Secure Web Server, including the Installation and Configuration Guide, SSL User Guide, and Release Notes, is available in HTML, PDF and PostScript format from: http://www.hp.com/products/openvms/securewebserver Problems Corrected ------------------ This update contains software fixes for the security vulnerabilities detailed below. 1. CAN-2004-0488: ssl_uuencode__binary() buffer-overflow. For additional information, see: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=can-2004-0488 2. CAN-2004-0786: HTTP header parsing buffer-overflow. For additional information, see: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=can-2004-0786 Known Problems and Restrictions ------------------------------- 1. Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers may display a "Page cannot be displayed" message following an SSL (HTTPS) connection that has been disconnected due to a keepalive timeout. This can be avoided by adding one of the following directive to your mod_ssl.conf file: SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" ssl-unclean-shutdown Installation instructions ------------------------- To install the kit, do the following: $ @SYS$STARTUP:APACHE$SHUTDOWN $ PRODUCT INSTALL CSWS20_UPDATE $ @SYS$STARTUP:APACHE$STARTUP