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Re: [Full-disclosure] FYI: Apache httpd NoFollowSymLink follows symlinks feature

I think you meant "apache follows symlinks even when -FollowSymLinks is *not
* set".
Otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense?

Cheers,
Chris.


On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM, halfdog <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> For those, who did not already know:
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> Due to specification, apache follows symlinks even when -FollowSymLinks
> is set, when the data is modified concurrently. This can be trivially
> shown as demonstrated in
> http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2011/ApacheNoFollowSymlinkTimerace/ .
> When performing host hardening, do not think, the -FollowSymLinks option
> alone will prevent you from symlink attacks.
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