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I'm getting this in error_log when I start Apache:

[Tue Mar 09 14:57:02 2010] [notice] mod_python: Creating 4 session mutexes based on 300 max processes and 0 max threads.
[Tue Mar 09 14:57:02 2010] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `*.foo.com' does NOT match server name!?
[Tue Mar 09 14:57:02 2010] [warn] RSA server certificate CommonName (CN) `www.bar.com' does NOT match server name!?
[Tue Mar 09 14:57:02 2010] [notice] Apache configured -- resuming normal operations

Child processes then seem to seg fault:

[Tue Mar 09 14:57:32 2010] [notice] child pid 3425 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Tue Mar 09 14:57:35 2010] [notice] child pid 3433 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)
[Tue Mar 09 14:57:36 2010] [notice] child pid 3437 exit signal Segmentation fault (11)

Server is RHEL, what's going on and what do I need to do to fix this?

EDIT As requested, the dump from httpd -M:

Loaded Modules:
 core_module (static)
 mpm_prefork_module (static)
 http_module (static)
 so_module (static)
 auth_basic_module (shared)
 auth_digest_module (shared)
 authn_file_module (shared)
 authn_alias_module (shared)
 authn_anon_module (shared)
 authn_default_module (shared)
 authz_host_module (shared)
 authz_user_module (shared)
 authz_owner_module (shared)
 authz_groupfile_module (shared)
 authz_default_module (shared)
 include_module (shared)
 log_config_module (shared)
 logio_module (shared)
 env_module (shared)
 ext_filter_module (shared)
 mime_magic_module (shared)
 expires_module (shared)
 deflate_module (shared)
 headers_module (shared)
 usertrack_module (shared)
 setenvif_module (shared)
 mime_module (shared)
 status_module (shared)
 autoindex_module (shared)
 info_module (shared)
 vhost_alias_module (shared)
 negotiation_module (shared)
 dir_module (shared)
 actions_module (shared)
 speling_module (shared)
 userdir_module (shared)
 alias_module (shared)
 rewrite_module (shared)
 cache_module (shared)
 disk_cache_module (shared)
 file_cache_module (shared)
 mem_cache_module (shared)
 cgi_module (shared)
 perl_module (shared)
 php5_module (shared)
 python_module (shared)
 ssl_module (shared)
Syntax OK
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It would be useful if you could post the portion of your configuration for that virtual host. It does seem a bit odd that you get an error for both *.foo.com and www.bar.com. Do you have 2 certificates setup? – Zoredache Mar 9 '10 at 20:07
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You have two VirtualHosts's configured with different SSL certificates. In every VirutalHost you must define ServerName parameter, which match CN field from SSL certificate.

But CN - ServerName mismatch should't cause apache crash. Probably one module has memleak or memory corruption error. Do you have any non standard module loaded into apache? Please, execute httpd -M and provide output.

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They have to match to prevent a client error but they don't have to match for Apache to work. – Warner Mar 9 '10 at 21:47
I updated the question with the output of httpd -m as requested. – mmattax Mar 9 '10 at 21:57
Yes Warner, I know then don't have to match for Apache to work. That's why I wrote that this mismatch shouldn't cause apache to crash. – sumar Mar 9 '10 at 22:40
I don't see anything non standard. Are you using any external filters (httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_ext_filter.html)? Maybe filter child crashes or return some error code? The only idea is to disable unneeded modules and check, if it helps. But your module configuration looks like standard. – sumar Mar 9 '10 at 22:49
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