National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6203
Original release date:12/03/2007
Last revised:03/20/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Apache HTTP Server 2.0.x and 2.2.x does not sanitize the HTTP Method specifier header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in a "413 Request Entity Too Large" error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks using web client components that can send arbitrary headers in requests, as demonstrated via an HTTP request containing an invalid Content-length value, a similar issue to CVE-2006-3918.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from Red Hat (12/06/2007)
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Red Hat does not consider this issue to be a vulnerability. In order to exploit this for cross-site scripting, the attacker would have to get the victim to supply an arbitrary malformed HTTP method to a target site.
- Official Statement from Apache (06/09/2008)
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The Apache Software Foundation security team does not consider this issue to be a security vulnerability. In order to exploit this for cross-site scripting, the attacker would have to get the victim to supply an arbitrary malformed HTTP method to a target site.
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External Source: XF
Name: apache-413error-xss(38800)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-731-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019030
External Source: BID
Name: 26663
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20071130 PR07-37: XSS on Apache HTTP Server 413 error pages via malformed HTTP method
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200807e.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1875
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4301
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4060
Type: Advisory
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: PK57952
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34219
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33105
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30732
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28196
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27906
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-37.php
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1623
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0924
External Source: AIXAPAR
Name: PK65782
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3411
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200803-19
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30356
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29640
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29420
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29348
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:021
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2008-03-18
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562
