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title: "CVE-2010-2791\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2791

Publication date 5 August 2010

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

mod\_proxy in httpd in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.9, when running on Unix, does
not close the backend connection if a timeout occurs when reading a
response from a persistent connection, which allows remote attackers to
obtain a potentially sensitive response intended for a different client in
opportunistic circumstances via a normal HTTP request. NOTE: this is the
same issue as CVE-2010-2068, but for a different OS and set of affected
versions.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2791?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apache2 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2791?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

only affected 2.2.9...got fixed in 2.2.10
introduced in http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=660936

### 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=699841> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2791)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2791)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2791)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2791)

### Other references

* <http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/30/1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2791>