CVE-2007-6420

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the balancer-manager in mod_proxy_balancer for Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.04% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34219 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31026 third party advisory not applicable
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3523 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27236 patch third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0966.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494858/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486169/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-06.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb entry permissions required
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html vendor advisory mailing list
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8371 signature vdb entry broken link
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E patch vendor advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6420?
CVE-2007-6420 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6420?
To fix CVE-2007-6420, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-6420 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6420 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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