National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3918
Original release date:07/28/2006
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
http_protocol.c in (1) IBM HTTP Server 6.0 before 6.0.2.13 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.1, and (2) Apache HTTP Server 1.3 before 1.3.35, 2.0 before 2.0.58, and 2.2 before 2.2.2, does not sanitize the Expect header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in an error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks using web client components that can send arbitrary headers in requests, as demonstrated using a Flash SWF file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)
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Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 1.3.35:
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_13.html
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-2964
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-2963
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21174
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21172
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0619
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-3264
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: PK27875
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: PK24631
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=394965
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016569
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21478
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21399
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0618
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060724 Write-up by Amit Klein: "Forging HTTP request headers with Flash"
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060508 Unfiltered Header Injection in Apache 1.3.34/2.0.57/2.2.1
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3117
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-575-1
External Source: BID
Name: 19661
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:051
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-5089
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-4207
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1167
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-194.htm
External Source: SREASON
Name: 1294
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29640
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28749
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22523
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22317
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22140
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21986
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21848
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21744
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 21598
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2006:0692
External Source: OPENBSD
Name: [3.9] 012: SECURITY FIX: October 7, 2006
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:021
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/466/5915871_f.SAL_Public.html
External Source: SGI
Name: 20060801-01-P