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AliasMatch or RedirectMatch with no sub-pattern crashes child process

           Summary: AliasMatch or RedirectMatch with no sub-pattern crashes
                    child process
           Product: Apache httpd-2.0
           Version: 2.0.43
          Platform: HP
        OS/Version: HP-UX
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: mod_alias
        AssignedTo: bugs@httpd.apache.org
        ReportedBy: owen_rees@hp.com

The problem detailed below appeared after upgrading to 2.0.43. With 2.0.40, the AliasMatch worked properly (no crash, target file returned). Build/run is on HPUX  10.20 with the configuration:

./configure --prefix=/users/apache/httpd-2.0.43 --with-ssl=/opt/openssl -- enable-ssl --enable-rewrite --enable-cern_meta --disable-threads

With conf line:

AliasMatch ^/orb/.* "/export/home/apache/server_root/htdocs/ews/orb.html"

error logged as

[Thu Oct 17 13:26:48 2002] [notice] child pid 26043 exit signal Segmentation
fault (11), possible coredump in /users/apache/httpd-2.0.43
[Thu Oct 17 13:26:50 2002] [notice] child pid 26044 exit signal Segmentation
fault (11), possible coredump in /users/apache/httpd-2.0.43

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With conf line:

AliasMatch ^/orb/(.*) "/export/home/apache/server_root/htdocs/ews/orb.html"

error logged as

[Thu Oct 17 13:23:03 2002] [error] [client 15.144.27.230] File does not
exist: /export/home/apache/server_root/htdocs/orb, referer: http://ticb.hpl.hp.com/ews/proj_docs/www6_demo/cweb.html

Note that this is also an error - the file that is the target of the alias does exist.

With conf line:

RedirectMatch ^/orb/.* http://ticb.hpl.hp.com/ews/orb.html

error logged as

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[Thu Oct 17 13:51:15 2002] [notice] child pid 26261 exit signal Segmentation
fault (11), possible coredump in /users/apache/httpd-2.0.43
[Thu Oct 17 13:51:17 2002] [notice] child pid 26262 exit signal Segmentation
fault (11), possible coredump in /users/apache/httpd-2.0.43

RedirectMatch ^/orb/(.*) http://ticb.hpl.hp.com/ews/orb.html

redirect succeeds.