CVE-2005-0085

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0085
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-04-27 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

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 Htdig Htdig 3.1.5 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.1.5_7 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.1.5_8 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.1.6 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.2.0 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.2.0b2 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.2.0b3 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.2.0b4 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.2.0b5 All All All
Application Htdig Htdig 3.2.0b6 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 2.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_3.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - ht://Dig "config" Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
UnixWare update for docview (htdig) - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - ht://dig Input Validation Hole in 'config' Parameter Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for htdig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Dig Config Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for htdig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for htdig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for htdig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SCO OpenServer update for htdig - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.46/SCOSA-2005.46.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
[FLSA-2006:152907] Updated htdig packages fix security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-680-1 htdig af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ht://Dig: Cross-site scripting vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxNot 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

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