CVE-2007-6420 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

What is CVE-2007-6420?

CVE-2007-6420 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 12 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the balancer-manager in mod_proxy_balancer for Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6420?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Apache Http Server, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2007-6420?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2007-6420 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6420 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-6420, GHSA-6p65-8p9q-94p9.