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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-0053

Published: Jan 28, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0053
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

protocol.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x through 2.2.21 does not properly restrict header information during construction of Bad Request (aka 400) error documents, which allows remote attackers to obtain the values of HTTPOnly cookies via vectors involving a (1) long or (2) malformed header in conjunction with crafted web script.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Http_serverApache2.0.0 (including)2.0.65 (excluding)
Http_serverApache2.2.0 (including)2.2.22 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHathttpd-0:2.2.3-63.el5_8.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHathttpd-0:2.2.15-15.el6_2.1*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5RedHathttpd-0:2.2.17-15.4.ep5.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 6RedHathttpd-0:2.2.17-15.4.ep5.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0RedHat*
Apache2Ubuntuhardy*
Apache2Ubuntulucid*
Apache2Ubuntumaverick*
Apache2Ubuntunatty*
Apache2Ubuntuoneiric*

References

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