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title: "CVE-2007-6750\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-6750

Publication date 27 December 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The Apache HTTP Server 1.x and 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as
demonstrated by Slowloris, related to the lack of the mod\_reqtimeout module
in versions before 2.2.15.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6750?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apache2 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6750?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

1005669 commit fixes CVE-2010-1623
hardy users who want to protect against Slowloris are
recommended to update to lucid or higher. Adding a new module
turned on by default to hardy's apache2 is too intrusive.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| apache2 | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=917211> * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=953616> * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1005669> * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1162862> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6750)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6750)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-6750)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6750)

### Other references

* <http://ha.ckers.org/slowloris/>
* <http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-01/0229.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6750>