ACME Labs thttpd Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:4601

Info

ACME Labs thttpd Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4601
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 25 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 25 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by frog frog <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Acme thttpd 2.20 c
+ SuSE Linux 8.0
Acme thttpd 2.20 b
+ SuSE Linux 7.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ACME Labs thttpd Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

thttpd is a web server product maintained by ACME Labs. thttpd has been compiled for Linux, BSD and Solaris, as well as other Unix like operating systems.

Cross Site Scripting issues has been reported in some versions of thttpd. thttpd fails to check URLs for the presence of script commands when generating error pages, allowing the attacker-supplied code to execute within the context of the hosted site.

It should be noted that this issue was tested on 2.20b, other versions may also be affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

ACME Labs thttpd Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following exploit has been provided by frog frog <[email protected]>:

http://www.host.com/<script>[SCRIPT]</script>

Solution / Fix

ACME Labs thttpd Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Conectiva has released a security advisory (CLA-2003:777) which contains fixes to address this issue. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.


Acme thttpd 2.20 c

References

ACME Labs thttpd Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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