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apache2 — security advisory
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.39 on Windows, OS2, and Netware allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and execute commands via .. (dot dot) sequences containing \ (backslash) characters.
- Products
- apache2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.0.40
- CVEs
- CVE-2002-0661
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.39 on Windows, OS2, and Netware allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and execute commands via .. (dot dot) sequences containing \ (backslash) characters.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0661
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.0.40
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.0.40
apache2
Fixed versions: 2.0.40
Complete source record
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