CVE-2012-0053 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-0053

protocol.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x through 2.2.21 does...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

http server, debian linux, opensuse, linux enterprise server, linux enterprise software development kit, storage, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, jboss enterprise web server
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.0, 2.2.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 11.4, 10, 2.0, 6.2, 1.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 28th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.