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title: "CVE-2007-4465\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-4465

Publication date 14 September 2007

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.1 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4465?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in mod\_autoindex.c in the Apache
HTTP Server before 2.2.6, when the charset on a server-generated page is
not defined, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML
via the P parameter using the UTF-7 charset. NOTE: it could be argued that
this issue is due to a design limitation of browsers that attempt to
perform automatic content type detection.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4465?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

redhat has patch for all of there releases now

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.1 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Changed |
  | Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Integrity impact | Low |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.1 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4465)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4465)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-4465)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4465)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-575-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-575-1)
+ Apache vulnerabilities
+ 4 February 2008

### Other references

* <https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0911.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4465>