The prefork MPM in Apache 2 before 2.0.47 does not properly handle certain errors from accept, which could lead to a denial of service.

Description

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

References

• MDKSA-2003:075 vendor-advisory
• RHSA-2003:240 vendor-advisory
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:173 vdb-entry signature
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