CVE-2000-1016

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-12-11 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

The default configuration of Apache (httpd.conf) on SuSE 6.4 includes an alias for the /usr/doc directory, which allows remote attackers to read package documentation and obtain system configuration information via an HTTP request for the /doc/packages URL.

Affected products

Suse Linux: 6.3, 6.4

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/84360
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1707
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5276
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/84360
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1707
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5276

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