CVE-2012-0053

Publication date 27 January 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
apache2	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.2
	11.04 natty	Fixed 2.2.17-1ubuntu1.5
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.5
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.8
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.23

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
apache2	Upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1235454

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1368-1
Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
16 February 2012