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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2699

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…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 14.2%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
14.17% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-667
Affected
apache/http server · apache/portable runtime
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.