Resource Management Errors Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.2.8-1.fc7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
18.92% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-3007349
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Jan 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jan 2008

CVE-2007-6422  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.2.8-1.fc7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. The balancer_handler function in mod_proxy_balancer in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.0 through 2.2.6, when a threaded Multi-Processing Module is used, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (child process crash) via an invalid bb variable.

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