CVE-2007-3303 (GCVE-0-2007-3303)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-06-20 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:14
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2245 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://osvdb.org/37050 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469899/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2814 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471832/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24215 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2007-05-29 00:00
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