CVE-2007-6422

NameCVE-2007-6422
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
apache2 (PTS)bullseye2.4.62-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)2.4.62-1~deb11u2fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)2.4.62-1~deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie2.4.62-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
apache2sourcesarge(not affected)
apache2sourceetch2.2.3-4+etch4low
apache2source(unstable)2.2.8-1low

Notes

[sarge] - apache2 <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced in 2.2)

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