Overview
Versions of the Apache HTTPD server with wildcard DNS enabled and UseCanonicalName disabled, are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack.
Description
Apache HTTPD servers versions 2.0.42 and prior, and 1.3.26 and prior, with wildcard DNS enabled and UseCanonicalName disabled, are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack via the error page. Only versions 2.0 to 2.0.33 have UseCanonicalName disabled by default. All other versions had UseCanonicalName enabled by default and are not vulnerable unless this option is disabled. |
Impact
The victim will be presented with information which the compromised site did not wish their visitors to be subjected. This could be used to "sniff" sensitive data from within the web page, including passwords, credit card numbers, and any arbitrary information the user inputs. |
Solution
This issue is resolved in Apache HTTPD Server versions 1.3.27 and 2.0.43. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Matthew Murphy for reporting this vulnerability and the Apache Group for their technical assistance.
This document was written by Jason A Rafail.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2002-0840 |
| Severity Metric: | 0.47 |
| Date Public: | 2002-10-02 |
| Date First Published: | 2002-10-03 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2002-10-03 20:48 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 8 |