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Date: 9 Dec 2001 23:56:32 -0000
From: Kotaro Ise <kotaro.ise@toshiba.co.jp>
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Subject: httpd is crashed without any logs.
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>Number:         9091
>Category:       os-linux
>Synopsis:       httpd is crashed without any logs.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 12 12:40:11 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:    Wed Dec 12 20:57:02 PST 2001
>Last-Modified:  Wed Dec 12 20:57:02 PST 2001
>Originator:     kotaro.ise@toshiba.co.jp
>Release:        1.3.19
>Organization:
>Environment:
Machine: Intel PC 
OS:     Vine Linux 2.1.5 which is japanese distribution based on redhat 6.x.
Compiler:egcs-2.91.66
Environment: The machine name is not described its /etc/hosts, and
             DNS server does not know the name.
>Description:
httpd is crashed without any logs.
>How-To-Repeat:
type: httpd 
then  httpd is crashed always in my machine.
>Fix:
in my breif check, gethostbyname() in ap_get_local_host() of util.c  
returns NULL, and NULL pointer(p) is reffered.

NULL-->   if ((!(p = gethostbyname(str)))
            || (!(server_hostname = find_fqdn(a, p)))) {
            /* Recovery - return the default servername by IP: */
Crash  --> if (p->h_addr_list[0]) {
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: marc
State-Changed-When: Wed Dec 12 20:57:02 PST 2001
State-Changed-Why:
Please update to a current version of Apache where this problem is fixed.
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