Are NULL pointer deref a security problem ?

From: Nicolas Gregoire (ngregoireat_private)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 03:53:53 PST

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From http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_1.3 :

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Changes with Apache 1.3.21

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  *) ErrorDocument 404 pointing to a parsed html file with a
     <!--#include virtual="file" --> with a request URI containing
     %2f would result in a segfault (NULL pointer deref, not a
     security problem).  [Jeff Moe <tuxat_private>, Dean Gaudet] PR#8362

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Nicolas Grégoire

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