Is CVE-2005-2088 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-2088 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-2088?

CVE-2005-2088 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-2088?

CVE-2005-2088 has an EPSS score of 20.46% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2088?

Upgrade apache2 on debian 11 to 2.0.54-5 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-2088

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The Apache HTTP server before 1.3.34, and 2.0.x before 2.0.55, when acting as an HTTP proxy, allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks via an HTTP request with both a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header and a Content-Length header, which causes Apache to incorrectly handle and forward the body of the request in a way that causes the receiving server to process it as a separate HTTP request, aka "HTTP Request Smuggling."

CWE-444

How to fix

Remediation Available

apache2Debian

Fixed in:2.0.54-5CVE-2005-2088

httpdWindows application

Affected:2.0.35 2.0.55Fixed in:2.0.55Apache Lounge

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

20.46%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

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