Apache HTTPD: AllowOverride Options handling bypass (CVE-2009-1195)
Description
The affected asset is vulnerable to this vulnerability ONLY if the AllowOverride directive with certin Options are used. Review your web server configuration for validation. A flaw was found in the handling of the "Options" and "AllowOverride" directives. In configurations using the "AllowOverride" directive with certain "Options=" arguments, local users were not restricted from executing commands from a Server-Side-Include script as intended.
Solution(s)
- apache-httpd-upgrade-2_2_12
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