CVE-2009-2699

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.73% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apache.org Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.14 broken link vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022988 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133355494609819&w=2 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36596 vdb entry third party advisory patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53666 vdb entry third party advisory
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47645 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150 vendor advisory broken link
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb7c64aeea604bf948467d9d1cab8ff23fa7d002be1964bcc275aae7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2295080a257bad27ea68ca0af12fc715577f9e84801eae116a33107e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad2acee3ab838b52c04a0698b1728a9a43467bf365bd481c993c535d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2699?
CVE-2009-2699 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2699?
To fix CVE-2009-2699, 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-2009-2699 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-2699 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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