CVE-1999-0678

Summary

CVE-1999-0678 is a vulnerability affecting the default configuration of Apache web servers running on Debian GNU/Linux. The ServerRoot setting is incorrectly set to /usr/doc, permitting remote users to access documentation files for the entire server. This issue can potentially lead to unauthorized information disclosure. It is recommended that system administrators change the ServerRoot to a more secure location to mitigate this risk. This configuration error has been present since the early releases of Debian and could impact a large number of systems if left unaddressed.

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