National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2687
Original release date:08/22/2012
Last revised:05/29/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the make_variant_list function in mod_negotiation.c in the mod_negotiation module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x before 2.4.3, when the MultiViews option is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename that is not properly handled during construction of a variant list.
Description
Per http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html versions 2.2.x before 2.2.23 are also vulnerable.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.xerox.com/download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-1627-1
External Source: BID
Name: 55131
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.3
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 51607
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2013:0130
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1594
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1592
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1591
External Source: MLIST
Name: [announce] 20120821 [ANNOUNCEMENT] Apache HTTP Server 2.4.3 Released
Type: Advisory
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0248
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0245
External Source: SUSE
Name: openSUSE-SU-2013:0243
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
Type: Advisory
Technical Details
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)