Plugin ID | 267 |
Plugin name | Cherokee prior 0.4.8 error page cross site scripting |
Plugin filename | Cherokee prior 0.4.8 error page cross site scripting.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3138 bytes |
Plugin family | HTTP |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/11/04 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/14 |
Plugin version | 2.0 |
Plugin changelog | Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|send HEAD / HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *Server:*Cherokee/0.[0-3].* OR HTTP/#.# ### *Server:*Cherokee/0.4.[0-7]* |
Plugin detection accuracy | 80 |
Plugin comment | Check is inspired by the Nessus plugin. |
Bug published name | César Fernández |
Bug published date | 2004/01/26 |
Bug affected | Cherokee prior 0.4.8 |
Bug not affected | Cherokee 0.4.8 and newer or other web servers |
Bug vulnerability class | Cross Site Scripting |
Bug description | The remote host is using Cherokee, a fast and tiny web server. There is a bug in the error page of this software which makes it vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks. An attacker may use this bug to steal the credentials of the legitimate users of this site. |
Bug solution | Upgrade to Cherokee 0.4.8 or newer [ftp://alobbs.com/cherokee/0.4/cherokee-0.4.8.tar.gz]. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 30 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Yes |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9496/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Medium |
Bug popularity | 7 |
Bug simplicity | 8 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 7 |
Bug Nessus risk | Low |
Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 9496 |
Source OSVDB ID | 3707 |
Source Nessus ID | 15618 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.alobbs.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=cherokee&file=index |