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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2012-0031

Medium
5.9/10

Summary

"scoreboard.c" in the Apache HTTP Server versions 2.0.x prior to 2.0.65 and 2.2.x prior to 2.2.22 might allow local users to cause a Denial of Service (daemon crash during shutdown) or possibly have unspecified other impact by modifying a certain type field within a scoreboard shared memory segment, leading to an invalid call to the "free" function.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • LOW

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published