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CVE-2009-2699

Published: Oct 13, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-667
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
14.2%
Top 3.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-667

Affected Products

apache
oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd
http serverOn-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
portable runtimeLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133355494609819&w=2
marc.info
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022988
securitytracker.com
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.14
apache.org
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