Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server
CVE-2012-0031
scoreboard.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.21 and earlier 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (85.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.028 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Apache HTTP Server
- Debian Linux — versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
- openSUSE — versions 11.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus — versions 6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Web Server — versions 1.0.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/47410 (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0543.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- svn.apache.org/viewvc (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/51407 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0128.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0542.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-0031?
- CVE-2012-0031 is a vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. Published 2012-01-18.
- Is CVE-2012-0031 known to be exploited?
- 24 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.