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CVE-2006-3918

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2006-07-28 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

http_protocol.c in (1) IBM HTTP Server 6.0 before 6.0.2.13 and 6.1 before 6.1.0.1, and (2) Apache HTTP Server 1.3 before 1.3.35, 2.0 before 2.0.58, and 2.2 before 2.2.2, does not sanitize the Expect header from an HTTP request when it is reflected back in an error message, which might allow cross-site scripting (XSS) style attacks using web client components that can send arbitrary headers in requests, as demonstrated using a Flash SWF file.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu LinuxApache Http ServerRedhat Enterprise Linux WorkstationRedhat Enterprise Linux ServerDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-79

References