| Name | CVE-2007-6422 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| apache2 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.4.10-10+deb8u29 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.4.25-3+deb9u13 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.4.25-3+deb9u19 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.4.59-1~deb10u4 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.4.59-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.4.62-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.4.62-1~deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2.4.62-1~deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.4.62-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| apache2 | source | sarge | (not affected) | | | |
| apache2 | source | etch | 2.2.3-4+etch4 | low | | |
| apache2 | source | (unstable) | 2.2.8-1 | low | | |
Notes
[sarge] - apache2 <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced in 2.2)