CVE-2013-1048

medium

Published 2013-03-06 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.2.22-13`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.2.22-13`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.2.22-13`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.2.22-13`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.2.22-13`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
debian	apache2	`{"endIncluding":"2.2.16-6"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.