CVE-2002-0840

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0840
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-11 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the default error page of Apache 2.0 before 2.0.43, and 1.3.x up to 1.3.26, when UseCanonicalName is "Off" and support for wildcard DNS is present, allows remote attackers to execute script as other web page visitors via the Host: header, a different vulnerability than CAN-2002-1157.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Http Server 1.3 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.1 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.11 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.12 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.14 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.17 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.18 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.19 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.20 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.22 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.23 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.24 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.25 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.26 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.3 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.4 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.6 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 1.3.9 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.28 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.32 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.35 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.36 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.37 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.38 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.39 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.40 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.41 All All All
Application Apache Http Server 2.0.42 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 1.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 1.0.2.1s All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 1.0.2.2 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 9.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Application Server 9.0.2 r2 All All
Application Oracle Application Server 9.0.2.1 All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 8.1.7 All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 9.2.1 All All All
Application Oracle Database Server 9.2.2 All All All
Application Oracle Oracle8i 8.1.7 All All All
Application Oracle Oracle8i 8.1.7.1 All All All
Application Oracle Oracle8i 8.1.7_.0.0_enterprise All All All
Application Oracle Oracle8i 8.1.7_.1.0_enterprise All All All
Application Oracle Oracle9i 9.0 All All All
Application Oracle Oracle9i 9.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Oracle9i 9.0.1.2 All All All
Application Oracle Oracle9i 9.0.1.3 All All All
Application Oracle Oracle9i 9.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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'Apache 2 Cross-Site Scripting' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Apache2008-07-02Mark J CoxFixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.43 and 1.3.27: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_13.html

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