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title: "CVE-2010-2068\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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# CVE-2010-2068

Publication date 18 June 2010

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

mod\_proxy\_http.c in mod\_proxy\_http in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9 through
2.2.15, 2.3.4-alpha, and 2.3.5-alpha on Windows, NetWare, and OS/2, in
certain configurations involving proxy worker pools, does not properly
detect timeouts, which allows remote attackers to obtain a potentially
sensitive response intended for a different client in opportunistic
circumstances via a normal HTTP request.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apache2 | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2068)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2068)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2068)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2068)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2068>
