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CVE-2007-6422

Published: Jan 08, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6422
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Http_serverApache- (including)- (including)
Http_serverApache2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
Http_serverApache2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
Http_serverApache2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
Http_serverApache2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
Http_serverApache2.2.4 (including)2.2.4 (including)
Http_serverApache2.2.6 (including)2.2.6 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHathttpd-0:2.2.3-11.el5_1.3*
Apache2Ubuntudapper*
Apache2Ubuntuedgy*
Apache2Ubuntufeisty*
Apache2Ubuntugutsy*

References

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