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TI-2005-01976 Aliases CVE-2005-2088GHSA-vq42-chwj-gj93

The Apache HTTP server before 1.3.34, and 2.0.x before 2.0.55, when acting as an HTTP…

Priority LOW 39CWE-444Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

The Apache HTTP server before 1.3.34, and 2.0.x before 2.0.55, when acting as an HTTP proxy, allows remote attackers to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks via an HTTP request with both a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header and a Content-Length header, which causes Apache to incorrectly handle and forward the body of the request in a way that causes the receiving server to process it as a separate HTTP request, aka "HTTP Request Smuggling."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.20461 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.35 to before 2.0.55VulnerableApache
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.35 to before 2.0.55 Vulnerable ·Apache
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2005:582 Released 2005-07-25 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    httpd security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent, httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent.i386, httpd-devel-2.0.46-46.2.ent +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent, httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent.i386, httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent, httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.i386, httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.ia64 +17
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent, httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.i386, httpd-devel-2.0.52-12.1.ent +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent, httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent.i386, httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent, httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.i386, httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.ia64 +12
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent, httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent.i386, httpd-2.0.46-46.2.ent.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent, httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.i386, httpd-2.0.52-12.1.ent.ia64 +12

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:582
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:582

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-2088
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vq42-chwj-gj93

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 37

Other 7

Sources

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