Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting apache2 package, versions <2.2.8-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.23% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-APACHE2-391404
  • published13 May 2008
  • disclosed13 May 2008

Introduced: 13 May 2008

CVE-2008-2168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 apache2 to version 2.2.8-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apache2 package and not the apache2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying the 403 Forbidden error page.

CVSS Scores

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