DSA-1167-1 apache -- missing input sanitising

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-3918   CVE-2005-3352  

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Apache, the worlds most popular webserver, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary web script. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2005-3352 A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw exists in the mod_imap component of the Apache server. CVE-2006-3918 Apache does not sanitize the Expect header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in an error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.33-6sarge3. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.34-3. We recommend that you upgrade your apache package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1167-1 apache -- missing input sanitising

Date Reported:
04 Sep 2006
Affected Packages:
apache
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 381381, Bug 343466.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-3918, CVE-2005-3352.
More information:

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Apache, the worlds most popular webserver, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary web script. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

  • CVE-2005-3352

    A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw exists in the mod_imap component of the Apache server.

  • CVE-2006-3918

    Apache does not sanitize the Expect header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in an error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.33-6sarge3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.34-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your apache package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dev_1.3.33-6sarge3_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-doc_1.3.33-6sarge3_all.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-utils_1.3.33-6sarge3_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache_1.3.33-6sarge3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-common_1.3.33-6sarge3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-dbg_1.3.33-6sarge3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-perl_1.3.33-6sarge3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/apache-ssl_1.3.33-6sarge3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/apache/libapache-mod-perl_1.29.0.3-6sarge3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.