SB2006041101 - XSS in Cherokee HTTPD

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1681)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link that generates an HTTP 400 error and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430385/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17408
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09