CVE-2008-0456

Public Exploit

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the mod_negotiation module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.6 and earlier in the 2.2.x series, 2.0.61 and earlier in the 2.0.x series, and 1.3.39 and earlier in the 1.3.x series allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks by uploading a file with a multi-line name containing HTTP header sequences and a file extension, which leads to injection within a (1) "406 Not Acceptable" or (2) "300 Multiple Choices" HTTP response when the extension is omitted in a request for the file.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 21.69% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486847/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-19.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019256 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3575 third party advisory exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 third party advisory not applicable
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html vendor advisory broken link mailing list third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39893 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01150108.html broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29348 third party advisory not applicable
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0130.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 third party advisory vdb entry permissions required
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27409 third party advisory vdb entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing list
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0456?
CVE-2008-0456 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0456?
To fix CVE-2008-0456, 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-2008-0456 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0456 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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