CVE-2002-1233 Information

Description

A regression error in the Debian distributions of the apache-ssl package (before 1.3.9 on Debian 2.2 and before 1.3.26 on Debian 3.0) for Apache 1.3.27 and earlier allows local users to read or modify the Apache password file via a symlink attack on temporary files when the administrator runs (1) htpasswd or (2) htdigest a re-introduction of a vulnerability that was originally identified and addressed by CVE-2001-0131.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103480856102007&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-187 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-188 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-195 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10412.php http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10413.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5981 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5990