National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0005
Original release date:01/12/2008
Last revised:07/15/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
mod_proxy_ftp in Apache 2.2.x before 2.2.7-dev, 2.0.x before 2.0.62-dev, and 1.3.x before 1.3.40-dev does not define a charset, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks using UTF-7 encoding.
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 Apache (07/02/2008)
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Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.2.8 and 2.0.63:
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html
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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1695
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-1711
External Source: XF
Name: apache-modproxyftp-utf7-xss(39615)
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-575-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019185
External Source: BID
Name: 27234
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080110 SecurityReason - Apache (mod_proxy_ftp) Undefined Charset UTF-7 XSS Vulnerability
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0009
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0008
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0007
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0006
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0005
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0004
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:016
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:015
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:014
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1875
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0924
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-032.htm
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3526
External Source: SREASONRES
Name: 20080110 Apache (mod_proxy_ftp) Undefined Charset UTF-7 XSS Vulnerability
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200803-19
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35650
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30732
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29640
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29420
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29348
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28977
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28749
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28607
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28526
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28471
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28467
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT090085
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT090085
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