CVE-2007-3303
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-06-20 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 14:14
Severity ?
Summary
Apache httpd 2.0.59 and 2.2.4, with the Prefork MPM module, allows local users to cause a denial of service via certain code sequences executed in a worker process that (1) stop request processing by killing all worker processes and preventing creation of replacements or (2) hang the system by forcing the master process to fork an arbitrarily large number of worker processes. NOTE: This might be an inherent design limitation of Apache with respect to worker processes in hosted environments.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/37050
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.psnc.pl/files/apache_report.pdf
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/2814
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469899/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471832/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24215
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37050
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.psnc.pl/files/apache_report.pdf
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2814
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469899/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471832/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24215
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