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Apache HTTP Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (Mar 2012) - Linux
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web Servers
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Apache HTTP Server is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Insecure handling of LD_LIBRARY_PATH was found that could lead to the current working directory to be searched for DSOs. This could allow a local user to execute code as root if an administrator runs apachectl from an untrusted directory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Apache HTTP Server version 2.2.0 through 2.2.22 and version 2.4.1.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.2.23, 2.4.2 or later.