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CVE-2014-0226
published 2014-07-20

CVE-2014-0226: Race condition in the mod_status module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer…

PriorityP267medium6.8CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCPIPAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
85.74%
99.7th percentile
Race condition in the mod_status module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow), or possibly obtain sensitive credential information or execute arbitrary code, via a crafted request that triggers improper scoreboard handling within the status_handler function in modules/generators/mod_status.c and the lua_ap_scoreboard_worker function in modules/lua/lua_request.c.

Affected

18 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apachehttp_server>= 2.2.0 < 2.2.292.2.29
apachehttp_server>= 2.4.1 < 2.4.102.4.10
appleos_x_yosemite_v10.10.3_and_security_update_2015-004
debianapache2< apache2 2.4.10-1 (bookworm)apache2 2.4.10-1 (bookworm)
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
oracleenterprise_manager_ops_center
oracleenterprise_manager_ops_center
oraclehttp_server
oraclehttp_server
oraclehttp_server
oraclehttp_server
oraclesecure_global_desktop
oraclesecure_global_desktop
oraclesecure_global_desktop
oraclesecure_global_desktop
redhatjboss_enterprise_application_platform
redhatjboss_enterprise_application_platform

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

pathmodules/generators/mod_status.c
  • Vulnerability is only triggerable when mod_status is enabled with SetHandler server-status and ExtendedStatus On in httpd.conf — confirm this configuration is present before investigating exploitation
  • Exploitation requires Apache compiled with MPM event or MPM worker (threaded MPM); servers using prefork MPM are not affected
  • The race condition is triggered by two concurrent clients: one repeatedly hitting the mod_status handler (server-status endpoint) and a second sending arbitrary requests to the web server — look for high-frequency parallel requests to the server-status URL alongside normal traffic
  • The race condition manifests in ap_escape_logitem (server/util.c) and ap_escape_html2 when processing ws_record->request from the scoreboard; a heap buffer overflow or information leak results — monitor for httpd child process crashes (SIGSEGV/SIGABRT) correlated with server-status requests
  • The write-side of the race originates in update_child_status_internal (scoreboard.c); thread-sanitizer (tsan) output shows the conflicting access at ap_escape_logitem -> status_handler and update_child_status_internal — use tsan-instrumented builds or heap-corruption detectors (ASan) to confirm exploitation attempts in test environments
  • Information leakage scenario: the non-null-terminated string returned by ap_escape_logitem may expose heap contents including htaccess credentials and SSL private key material in the server-status HTML response — inspect server-status output for unexpected binary or credential-like data
  • Affected Apache versions are before 2.4.10; verify the running httpd version — 2.4.7 is explicitly confirmed vulnerable
  • ·The vulnerability is only exploitable when mod_status is actively configured with SetHandler server-status; if mod_status is not enabled or the server-status endpoint is not accessible to remote attackers, the attack surface does not exist
  • ·Only threaded MPMs (event, worker) are affected; prefork MPM is not vulnerable because the race condition requires concurrent threads sharing the scoreboard
  • ·Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 is listed as Not affected; Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 will not be fixed — scope detection rules accordingly

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv6.8MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.8MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.8MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu4.3MEDIUM
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