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(apr): Improper pollset feature error handling on Solaris - DoS (hang)

Published Oct 13, 2009

Description

The Solaris pollset feature in the Event Port backend in poll/unix/port.c in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library before 1.3.9, as used in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.2.14 and other products, does not properly handle errors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via unspecified HTTP requests, related to the prefork and event MPMs.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This flaw does not affect the version of APR shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This flaw affected JBoss Enterprise Web Server running on the Solaris platform. Updated httpd packages are available for download from Customer Support Portal.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 13, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 5, 2009
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Oct 5, 2009