CVE-2006-3918

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

http_protocol.c in (1) IBM HTTP Server 6.0 before 6.0.2.13 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.1, and (2) Apache HTTP Server 1.3 before 1.3.35, 2.0 before 2.0.58, and 2.2 before 2.2.2, does not sanitize the Expect header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in an error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks using web client components that can send arbitrary headers in requests, as demonstrated using a Flash SWF file.

http_protocol.c in (1) IBM HTTP Server 6.0 before 6.0.2.13 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.1, and (2) Apache HTTP Server 1.3 before 1.3.35, 2.0 before 2.0.58, and 2.2 before 2.2.2, does not sanitize the Expect header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in an error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks using web client components that can send arbitrary headers in requests, as demonstrated using a Flash SWF file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-07-28 00:04:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-11 01:31:00

Affected Software

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3

1.3

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.1

1.3.1

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.12

1.3.12

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.17

1.3.17

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.18

1.3.18

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.19

1.3.19

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.20

1.3.20

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 1.3.22

1.3.22

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 2.0

2.0

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 2.0.57

2.0.57

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 2.2

2.2

Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server 2.2.1

2.2.1

IBM IBM HTTP Server 6.0

6.0

IBM IBM HTTP Server 6.1

6.1

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