FKIE_CVE-2007-6422
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-01-08 18:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:48
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | http_server | - | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.1 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.2 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.3 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.4 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.6 |
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