diff --git a/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c b/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c

index fb897a9..38dbb24 100644

--- a/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c

+++ b/modules/mappers/mod_rewrite.c

@@ -619,6 +619,13 @@ static unsigned is_absolute_uri(char *uri, int *supportsqs)

             return 6;

         }

         break;

+

+    case 'u':

+    case 'U':

+        if (!ap_cstr_casecmpn(uri, "nix:", 4)) {        /* unix:     */

+            *sqs = 1;

+            return (uri[4] == '/' && uri[5] == '/') ? 7 : 5;

+        }

     }

     return 0;

diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c

index f383996..6a9ef55 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c

+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c

@@ -1717,7 +1717,8 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(const char *) ap_proxy_de_socketfy(apr_pool_t *p, const char *url)

      * the UDS path... ignore it

      */

     if (!strncasecmp(url, "unix:", 5) &&

-        ((ptr = ap_strchr_c(url, '|')) != NULL)) {

+        ((ptr = ap_strchr_c(url + 5, '|')) != NULL)) {

+

         /* move past the 'unix:...|' UDS path info */

         const char *ret, *c;

diff --git a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

index 7714b6c..3dd570c 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

+++ b/modules/proxy/proxy_util.c

@@ -2084,33 +2084,45 @@ static int ap_proxy_retry_worker(const char *proxy_function, proxy_worker *worke

  * were passed a UDS url (eg: from mod_proxy) and adjust uds_path

  * as required.  

  */

-static void fix_uds_filename(request_rec *r, char **url) 

+static int fix_uds_filename(request_rec *r, char **url) 

 {

-    char *ptr, *ptr2;

-    if (!r || !r->filename) return;

+    char *uds_url = r->filename + 6, *origin_url;

     if (!strncmp(r->filename, "proxy:", 6) &&

-            (ptr2 = ap_strcasestr(r->filename, "unix:")) &&

-            (ptr = ap_strchr(ptr2, '|'))) {

+            !ap_cstr_casecmpn(uds_url, "unix:", 5) &&

+            (origin_url = ap_strchr(uds_url + 5, '|'))) {

+        char *uds_path = NULL;

+        apr_size_t url_len;

         apr_uri_t urisock;

         apr_status_t rv;

-        *ptr = '\0';

-        rv = apr_uri_parse(r->pool, ptr2, &urisock);

-        if (rv == APR_SUCCESS) {

-            char *rurl = ptr+1;

-            char *sockpath = ap_runtime_dir_relative(r->pool, urisock.path);

-            apr_table_setn(r->notes, "uds_path", sockpath);

-            *url = apr_pstrdup(r->pool, rurl); /* so we get the scheme for the uds */

-            /* r->filename starts w/ "proxy:", so add after that */

-            memmove(r->filename+6, rurl, strlen(rurl)+1);

-            ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE2, 0, r,

-                    "*: rewrite of url due to UDS(%s): %s (%s)",

-                    sockpath, *url, r->filename);

-        }

-        else {

-            *ptr = '|';

-        }

-    }

+

+        *origin_url = '\0';

+        rv = apr_uri_parse(r->pool, uds_url, &urisock);

+        *origin_url++ = '|';

+

+        if (rv == APR_SUCCESS && urisock.path && (!urisock.hostname

+                                                  || !urisock.hostname[0])) {

+             uds_path = ap_runtime_dir_relative(r->pool, urisock.path);

+        }

+

+        if (!uds_path) {

+             ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r, APLOGNO(10292)

+                     "Invalid proxy UDS filename (%s)", r->filename);

+             return 0;

+        }

+        apr_table_setn(r->notes, "uds_path", uds_path);

+

+        /* Remove the UDS path from *url and r->filename */

+        url_len = strlen(origin_url);

+        *url = apr_pstrmemdup(r->pool, origin_url, url_len);

+        memcpy(uds_url, *url, url_len + 1);

+

+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_TRACE2, 0, r,

+                 "*: rewrite of url due to UDS(%s): %s (%s)",

+                 uds_path, *url, r->filename);

+     }

+

+     return 1;

 }

 PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_pre_request(proxy_worker **worker,

@@ -2128,7 +2140,9 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_pre_request(proxy_worker **worker,

                           "%s: found worker %s for %s",

                           (*worker)->s->scheme, (*worker)->s->name, *url);

             *balancer = NULL;

-            fix_uds_filename(r, url);

+            if (!fix_uds_filename(r, url)) {

+                     return HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;

+            }

             access_status = OK;

         }

         else if (r->proxyreq == PROXYREQ_PROXY) {

@@ -2159,7 +2173,9 @@ PROXY_DECLARE(int) ap_proxy_pre_request(proxy_worker **worker,

                  * regarding the Connection header in the request.

                  */

                 apr_table_setn(r->subprocess_env, "proxy-nokeepalive", "1");

-                fix_uds_filename(r, url);

+                if (!fix_uds_filename(r, url)) {

+                     return HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;

+                }

             }

         }

     }