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Apache HTTPD: XSS due to unescaped hostnames (CVE-2012-3499)

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Apache HTTPD: XSS due to unescaped hostnames (CVE-2012-3499)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/26/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/03/2013
Modified
01/13/2022

Description

The affected asset is vulnerable to this vulnerability ONLY if it is running one of the following modules: mod_imagemap, mod_info, mod_ldap, mod_proxy_ftp, mod_status. Review your web server configuration for validation. Various XSS flaws due to unescaped hostnames and URIs HTML output in mod_info, mod_status, mod_imagemap, mod_ldap, and mod_proxy_ftp.

Solution(s)

  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_2_24
  • apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_4

References

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