URGENT question! problems updating apache

[Tels]

As you know, Apache should be upgraded ASAP to correct one of the few vulnerabilities found (. I am keen to do this but I'm fighting bloody module dependencies

Using RH7.1 on x86, apache 1.3.19-5 and openssl 0.9.6-3

the latest version of apache requires libcrypto.so.0 and libssl.so.0, the problem is that the version of openssl I am using includes libcrypto.so.1 etc.

I havn't got the bloody faintest as to why the latest version of apache isn't configured to use the latest version of openssl, and I can't uninstall the current version because it would screw up dependencies everywhere.
(correct me if I am wrong)

To top it all off, I'm a relative newbie, and xwindows rpm has given up on me. So command line only for me I'm afraid, not something I am fully conversant with.
(the man pages need another man page just to figure out how to understand them)

Please please has anyone got a suggestion before some skanky script kiddie unleashes an exploit on me..

Cheers in advance, let me know if you need any more nfo, I'll gladly help anyone to help me!

Thanks again....
Tels
Mixed Linux/Win2000 Network Administrator

 

[RhythmAce]

One way to do it would be to use up2date. It will check for all the dependencies and download them too. If you are compiling from the command line, you might try "ldconfig -v" to link all your shared object libraries before compiling.