[UNIX] CERN Proxy Server Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Date: 08/13/02 

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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:48:43 +0200 (CEST)

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  CERN Proxy Server Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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SUMMARY

CERN's Proxy Server is an implementation of a Proxy inside an HTTP server.
This implementation has been found to contain a security vulnerability
that would allow remote attackers to cause the server to return malicious
HTML/JavaScript.

DETAILS

Vulnerable systems:
 * CERN HTTPD version 3.0A

Vendor status:
CERN httpd team (httpd@w3.org) was notified on Aug 10, 2001 but they did
not respond.

Exploit:
http://nonexistenthost.google.com/>document.write(document.cookie)</SCR!PT>

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:takagi.hiromitsu@aist.go.jp>
TAKAGI, Hiromitsu.

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