apache2 — security advisory

{
  "id": "31984dda0547d0cdc4e6f9446a693aa6984555ad13380f9867b4f63ba062600a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3918",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3918",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3918",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "apache2",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.55-4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "apache2",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.55-4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "apache2",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "2.0.55-4.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3918",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3918"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.0.55-4.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "apache2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3918.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.0.55-4.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "apache2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3918.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2.0.55-4.1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "apache2",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/apache2?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3918.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:18.764627496Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2006-3918"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3918"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2006-3918",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410173,
  "published_at": "2006-07-28T00:04:00+00:00"
}