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title: "CVE-2012-0216\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-0216

Publication date 22 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The default configuration of the apache2 package in Debian GNU/Linux
squeeze before 2.2.16-6+squeeze7, wheezy before 2.2.22-4, and sid before
2.2.22-4, when mod\_php or mod\_rivet is used, provides example scripts under
the doc/ URI, which might allow local users to conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks, gain privileges, or obtain sensitive information via vectors
involving localhost HTTP requests to the Apache HTTP Server.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0216?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| apache2 | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

fixing this requires a conf file change, which we try not to
do in security updates. Marking as ignored since we will not
fix this in stable releases. Workaround is simply for the admin
to remove the doc directory in the conf files.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0216)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0216)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0216)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0216)

### Other references

* <http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2452>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0216>