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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

14.2% · top 3.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
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Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (20)

• http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2.14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1022988 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SSRT100782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 36596 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• apache-solaris-pollset-dos(53666) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47645 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2013:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048742 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058587 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1888194 [6/13] - /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [6/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [7/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073146 [2/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [httpd-cvs] 20210606 svn commit: r1075470 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-13938.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:59 UTC.