Possible security problem with apache2?

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Possible security problem with apache2?

by Carlos Acedo-4 :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,

I think there is a security problem with apache2 worker, I have disabled
followSymlinks in apache, it works as excepted, but when the symbolic
link name is index.html or whatever the DirectoryIndex says, I can
follow the symbolic link wherever it goes, for example:

ln -s /etc/passwd /var/www/index.html

Would show passwd contents, the thing is that only works if I don't
specify the index file, for example http://example.org  would follow the
symbolic link but  http://example.org/index.html not (as expected).

Thanks in advance

Carlos.


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