CVE-2007-6422

MEDIUM 4.0CVE-2007-6422 · Published 08/01/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-6422 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability affecting http server (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 10.0%, higher than 95.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
http server apache	`= 2.2= 2.2.1= 2.2.2= 2.2.3= 2.2.4= 2.2.6`	No fix yet

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.

References

httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00004.html
secunia.com/advisories/28526 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/28749 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/28977 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29348 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29640 · Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-19.xml
securityreason.com/securityalert/3523
mandriva.com/security/advisories
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0008.html
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0009.html
securityfocus.com/archive/1/486169/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/27236

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