National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-0085
Original release date:04/27/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ht://dig (htdig) before 3.1.6-r7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the config parameter, which is not properly sanitized before it is displayed in an error message.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006)
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Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of htdig as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144263
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External Source: BID
Name: 12442
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-680
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: htdig-config-xss(19223)
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:073
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200502-16
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1013078
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:090
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FLSA-2006:152907
External Source: MANDRAKE
Name: MDKSA-2005:063
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17415
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17414
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 15007
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 14795
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 14303
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 14276
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 14255
External Source: SCO
Name: SCOSA-2005.46