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Debian patches Apache bug, upstream yet to react

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http://www.itwire.com – The Debian GNU/Linux project has issued a patch so its users can fix the denial of service vulnerability in the open source Apache httpd server that was announced by the Apache Software Foundation last week. (IT news)

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The Apache Software Foundation has issued a new version of its server software to fix a serious denial of service vulnerability.

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache CloudStack has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying that the Project's community and products have been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and principles.

Apache Incubator is the gateway for open-source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects. The Incubator project was created in October 2002 to provide an entry path to the Apache Software Foundation for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the Foundation's efforts.

Apache Incubator is the gateway for open-source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects. The Incubator project was created in October 2002 to provide an entry path to the Apache Software Foundation for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the Foundation's efforts.

This week, the main talking point in the world of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is Oracle giving OpenOffice.org to the Apache foundation. There has been interesting developments for Ubuntu as well.

CloudStack has released its first new code since becoming an Apache incubator project in April, according to top open source cloud headlines this week.

Serverwatch: "The Apache Software Foundation runs its open source projects on a hierarchy of principally three levels, top-level projects (TLPs), sub-projects and incubated projects. Achieving the TLP status is a major milestone for an open source effort and this week Apache announced that six projects were being graduated to TLP status."

A serious vulnerability in the popular open source Apache web server, that could be exploited to cause a denial of service, is expected to be patched within the next 48 hours.

The Apache Software Foundation Board of Directors has reportedly approved a resolution to accept the popular open source Subversion version control and configuration management tool as an Apache Top-Level Project...