CVE-2008-2939
MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctlDescription
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.0.63 and earlier, and mod_proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.2.9 and earlier 2.2 versions, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a wildcard in the last directory component in the pathname in an FTP URI.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31673
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32685
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33156
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247666-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=682868
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=682870
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=682871
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0327
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0328
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK70197
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK70937
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/663763
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:194
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:195
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:124
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0033
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0966.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495180/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498566/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498567/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30560
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020635
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2315
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2461
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44223
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f9c22f9c28adbd9f00556059edc7b03a5d5bb71d4bb80257c0d34e4%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
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