CVE-2011-1176 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2011-1176?

CVE-2011-1176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Mar 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The configuration merger in itk.c in the Steinar H. Gunderson mpm-itk Multi-Processing Module 2.2.11-01 and 2.2.11-02 for the Apache HTTP Server does not properly handle certain configuration sections that specify NiceValue but not AssignUserID, which might allow remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging the root uid and root gid of an mpm-itk process.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1176?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mpm-Itk Project Mpm-Itk.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1176?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2011-1176 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1176 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1176, DSA-2202-1, GHSA-8jf9-2rj5-99gg.