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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-1681: Cherokee: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-1681: Cherokee: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/11/2006
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
12/29/2020

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed request that generates an HTTP 400 error, which is not properly handled when the error message is generated.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-servers-cherokee

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