[Bug 811428] Re: Apache does not honor -FollowSymlinks due to TOCTOU, which allows access to /proc/<pid>/ files

Stefan Fritsch sf at sfritsch.de
Sun Jul 24 17:57:59 UTC 2011


This is an unsupported use-case of Apache httpd and I am pretty sure it
won't be changed upstream. And I don't think Ubuntu or Debian should
deviate from that, see http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/111

** Changed in: apache2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/811428

Title:
  Apache does not honor -FollowSymlinks due to TOCTOU, which allows
  access to /proc/<pid>/ files

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/811428/+subscriptions



More information about the Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list