CVE-2008-0455

Publication date 25 January 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cross-site scripting (XSS) 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 web script or HTML by uploading a file with a name containing XSS 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.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apache 8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
apache2 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Ignored
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes

mdeslaur

Doesn’t appear to be fixed by upstream or by vendors as of 2009-02-23 Need to be able to create a file with a special filename. If you can do that, you can put the XSS directly in the file...so this isn’t really a security issue. See: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-dev/200802.mbox/%3CFDD5D99066749040AF9098A720E98977080B7263@CIWMEXZSA0E.ex.ordersx.org%3E