The shared memory scoreboard in the HTTP daemon for Apache 1.3.x before 1.3.27 allows any user running as the Apache UID to send a SIGUSR1 signal to any process as root, resulting in a denial of service (process kill) or possibly other behaviors that would not normally be allowed, by modifying the parent[].pid and parent[].last_rtime segments in the scoreboard.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5884
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-195
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-188
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-187
http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/02-10-04
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4617
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103376585508776&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-announce&m=103367938230488&w=2
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000530