PivX Solutions, a network security consultancy in Newport Beach, California, disclosed the vulnerability Friday soon after an upgrade to Apache Version 2.0 that fixes the hole was made available on the Web. The hole could allow an attacker to remotely access all the files on an Apache 2.0 Web server, execute them, pass malicious code, and even shut down the system completely, said Geoff Shively, who goes by the title "chief hacking officer" at PivX Solutions.

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