Re: Bug#237377: unsure if I am suffering the same tihng

[Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net>]

On Friday 05 November 2004 15:53, Adam Conrad wrote:
> Dave Ewart wrote:
> > 
> > FWIW, for me, a manual '/etc/init.d/apache reload' *does* cause the
> > problem too.  My difficulty therefore reduces completely to be
> > "/etc/init.d/apache reload makes Apache die".
> > 
> > Apache is version 1.3.26-0woody5 and included PHP support (version
> > 4.1.2-7.0.1) - on a Woody system.  Problem started happening 
> > at the same date as Jon has indicated.
> 
> Hrm.  Looking back through DSAs, the only thing even remotely related
> that was updated around that time was libpng{,3}.  Do you have php4-gd
> (or php4-gd2) loaded, by any chance, or perhaps some other apache 
module
> that might be loading libpng?  Does downgrading all relevant libpng
> packages to the previous vulnerable versions help (or disabling
> php4-gd)?  If not, the date seems to be a bit of a red herring, as
> nothing directly related to apache or PHP was updated in Woody around
> October 25...

FWIW, mine is from a slightly earlier date and on a sarge installation, 
but otherwise clearly the same.

-- 
richard