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apache2 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- apache2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.2.8-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-6422
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6422
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.2.8-1
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.2.8-1
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.2.8-1
Complete source record
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