Re: [mod-security-users] Apache segfaults with mod_security

[Ivan R. <iv...@we...>]

Rob Tanner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I downloaded and build mod_security v1.8.7 as per the INSTALL directions:
> 
> cd apache2
> apxs -cia mod_security.c
> apachectl stop
> apachectl start
> 
> Apache will not start and gets a segfault.  Unfortunately, I do not have a
> more detailed problem description than that.  I'm running apache v2.0.47 on
> RedHat AS3.
> 
> Any ideas about where to look?

   Update for the list: we tracked the crash to the APR function
   unixd_set_global_mutex_perms(). My guess is there's a problem in
   an older version of APR. Rob decided to upgrade to the latest
   version of Apache and that solved his problem.

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Ivan Ristic
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