CVE-2013-1048: Debian APACHE2

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian APACHE2: up to and including 2.2.16-6; up to and including 2.2.22-12

Published 2013-03-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.