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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-6422 Detail

Current Description

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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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)

Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.8. http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28526 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28749 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28977 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29348 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29640 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-19.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3523 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:016 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0008.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0009.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486169/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27236 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-575-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0048 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39476 CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10181 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8690 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00541.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00562.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6422
NVD Published Date:
01/08/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE