CVE-2013-1048 Information

Description

The Debian apache2ctl script in the apache2 package squeeze before 2.2.16-6+squeeze11 wheezy before 2.2.22-13 and sid before 2.2.22-13 for the Apache HTTP Server on Debian GNU/Linux does not properly create the /var/lock/apache2 lock directory which allows local users to gain privileges via an unspecified symlink attack.

Reference

http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/a/apache2/apache2_2.2.16-6+squeeze11.diff.gz http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2637