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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2939 Detail

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.0.63 and earlier, and mod_proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.2.9 and earlier 2.2 versions, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a wildcard in the last directory component in the pathname in an FTP URI.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/12/2008)

These issue was addressed in all affected httpd versions as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 were fixed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html This issue is tracked via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2939 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, future updates may address this flaw in other affected products (such as Red Hat Application Stack).

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31384 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31673 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32685 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32838 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33156 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33797 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34219 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247666-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=682868 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=682870 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=682871 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0327 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0328 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK70197 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK70937 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/663763 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:194 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:195 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:124 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0033 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0966.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495180/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498566/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498567/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30560 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020635 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2315 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2461 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44223 CVE, Inc., Red Hat VDB Entry 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f9c22f9c28adbd9f00556059edc7b03a5d5bb71d4bb80257c0d34e4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb9c9f42dafa25d2f669dac2a536a03f2575bc5ec1be6f480618aee10%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7716 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 

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  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2939
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.