>Number: 692 >Category: general >Synopsis: HTTP server process (child) dies for bad requests with SIGSEGV >error. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: apache (Apache HTTP Project) >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: apache >Arrival-Date: Fri Jun 6 23:20:01 1997 >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Organization: apache >Release: Server version Apache/1.2b10 Ben-SSL/1.6. >Environment: SunOS <> 5.5.1 Generic sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-4 >Description: HTTP child process dies for certain requests made from a TELNET application. The following was the steps to generate a request: telnet machine_name 80 GET /
In the above examplet the root index file is fetched with GET request from the HTTP server running on machine_name at port 80. The following requests crash the HTTP server: \GET / GET\ / GET<junk control sequences> / GE >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
