SB2012020106 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in apache2 (Alpine package)



SB2012020106 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in apache2 (Alpine package)

Published: February 1, 2012

Security Bulletin ID SB2012020106
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0053)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.