CVE-2012-4558
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the balancer_handler function in the manager interface in mod_proxy_balancer.c in the mod_proxy_balancer module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x before 2.2.24-dev and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.22-13 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.2.22-13 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.22-13 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.22-13 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.22-13 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | http_server | 2.2 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.0 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.1 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.2 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.3 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.4 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.6 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.8 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.9 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.10 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.11 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.12 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.13 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.14 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.15 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.16 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.17 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.18 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.19 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.20 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.21 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.22 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.2.23 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.4.0 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.4.1 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.4.2 | |
| apache | http_server | 2.4.3 | |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4558
- http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
- http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101196.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136612293908376&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0815.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1207.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1208.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1209.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c?r1=1404653&r2=1413732&diff_format=h
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2637
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58165
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%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/r05b5357d1f6bd106f41541ee7d87aafe3f5ea4dc3e9bde5ce09baff8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r476d175be0aaf4a17680ef98c5153b4d336eaef76fb2224cc94c463a%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/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9821b0a32a1d0a1b4947abb6f3630053fcbb2ec905d9a32c2bd4d4ee%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.