CVE-2008-0005

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.32% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0005.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-19.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28749 third party advisory not applicable
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3526 third party advisory exploit
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486167/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/49 third party advisory exploit
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00562.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27234 third party advisory vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39615 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28526 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0006.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references vdb entry permissions required
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0007.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10812 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019185 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0008.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00541.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0009.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:014 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29420 third party advisory not applicable
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html vendor advisory broken link mailing list
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-032.htm third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505990/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28467 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/29348 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0004.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000062.html third party advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/28607 third party advisory not applicable
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00004.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:015 vendor advisory broken link
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28471 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-575-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29640 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/28977 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1875/references vdb entry permissions required
http://secunia.com/advisories/30732 third party advisory not applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:016 vendor advisory broken link
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0005?
CVE-2008-0005 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0005?
To fix CVE-2008-0005, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0005 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0005 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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