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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-3918 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  4.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)

Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 1.3.35: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_13.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060801-01-P CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0151.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Exploit 
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0425.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Exploit 
http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/466/5915871_f.SAL_Public.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00004.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://openbsd.org/errata.html#httpd2 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0618.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0692.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21172 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21174 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21399 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21478 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21598 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21744 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21848 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21986 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22140 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22317 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22523 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28749 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29640 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40256 CVE, MITRE Not Applicable 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1294 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016569 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-194.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=394965 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK24631 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24013080 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1167 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/support/security-advisory/fsc-2010-2.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_51_apache.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0619.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19661 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024144 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-575-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2963 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2964 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3264 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4207 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5089 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1572 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required 
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/pqvcmjd?mode=18&ID=3117 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f9c22f9c28adbd9f00556059edc7b03a5d5bb71d4bb80257c0d34e4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r652fc951306cdeca5a276e2021a34878a76695a9f3cfb6490b4a6840%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rafd145ba6cd0a4ced113a5823cdaff45aeb36eb09855b216401c66d6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb9c9f42dafa25d2f669dac2a536a03f2575bc5ec1be6f480618aee10%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb542d2038e9c331506e0cbff881b47e40fbe2bd93ff00979e60cdf7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10352 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12238 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		From (including)
1.3.3		Up to (excluding)
1.3.35

Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 3 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)

Configuration 4 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

11 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-3918
NVD Published Date:
07/27/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE