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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2012-0053

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

"protocol.c" in the Apache HTTP Server 2.0.35 through 2.0.64, and 2.2.0 through 2.2.21 does not properly restrict header information during the construction of Bad Request (aka 400) error documents, which allows remote attackers to obtain the values of HTTPOnly cookies via vectors involving a long or malformed header in conjunction with crafted web script.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published