"AH00052: child pid <pid> exit signal Aborted" caused by long request handled by ScriptAlias and ScriptAliasMatch directives

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Making a long request to Apache httpd handled by ScriptAlias or ScriptAliasMatch directive causes child process to crash with the message:

    [crit] Memory allocation failed, aborting process.
    [] [core:notice] [pid 17335:tid 140700752099456] AH00052: child pid 17567 exit signal Aborted (6)
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 7.6
  • Apache HTTP Server (httpd)
    • 2.4.6

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