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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-0085 Detail

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ht://dig (htdig) before 3.1.6-r7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the config parameter, which is not properly sanitized before it is displayed in an error message.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/30/2006)

Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of htdig as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144263

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.46/SCOSA-2005.46.txt CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/14255 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/14276 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/14303 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/14795 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/15007 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17414 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17415 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013078 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-680 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-16.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:063 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-090.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12442 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19223 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10878 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0085
NVD Published Date:
04/27/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/15/2026
Source:
MITRE