HTTP TRACE / TRACK Methods Allowed

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11213

Synopsis

Debugging functions are enabled on the remote web server.

Description

The remote web server supports the TRACE and/or TRACK methods. TRACE and TRACK are HTTP methods that are used to debug web server connections.

Solution

Disable these HTTP methods. Refer to the plugin output for more information.

See Also

https://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1000718.1.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?e979b5cb

http://www.apacheweek.com/issues/03-01-24

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11213

File Name: xst_http_trace.nasl

Version: 1.74

Type: remote

Family: Web Servers

Published: 1/23/2003

Updated: 10/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Tenable believes the xst vulnerability only affects confidentiality, not integrity (reflected in nvd's score for cve-2010-0386)

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2004-2320

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_information_services, cpe:/a:microsoft:iis

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1567, CVE-2004-2320, CVE-2010-0386

BID: 9506, 9561, 11604, 33374, 37995

CWE: 16, 200

CERT: 288308, 867593