CVE-2008-0456
CRLF injection vulnerability in the mod_negotiation module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.6 and earlier in the 2.2.x series, 2.0.61 and earlier in the 2.0.x series, and 1.3.39 and earlier in the 1.3.x series allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks by uploading a file with a multi-line name containing HTTP header sequences and a file extension, which leads to injection within a (1) "406 Not Acceptable" or (2) "300 Multiple Choices" HTTP response when the extension is omitted in a request for the file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-74
- EPSS score
- 19.0% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0466)
- Published
- January 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0466 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / http server
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html(Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0130.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29348(Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074(Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3575(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019256(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mindedsecurity.com/MSA01150108.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486847/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27409(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39893(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- 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/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/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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