Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server
CVE-2012-0053
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.822 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.822 · newest: 0.822 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache HTTP Server
- Debian Linux — versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
- openSUSE — versions 11.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Web Server — versions 1.0.0
- Red Hat Storage — versions 2.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/51706 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0543.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0128.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html (Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0542.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-0053?
- CVE-2012-0053 is a vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. Published 2012-01-28.
- Is CVE-2012-0053 known to be exploited?
- 34 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.