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CVE-2005-0085 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ht://dig (htdig) before 3.1.6-r7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTM…

published 2005-02-15 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0086

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ht://dig (htdig) before 3.1.6-r7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the config parameter, which is not properly sanitized before it is displayed in an error message.

Patch / fix

  • htdig Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:3.1.6-11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0085

  • htdig RHEL 4 3:3.2.0b6-3.40.1
  • htdig-web RHEL 4 3:3.2.0b6-3.40.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:090

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-0085 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 htdig 3.2.0b6-3.40.1, htdig-web 3.2.0b6-3.40.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 htdig 3.2.0b6-3.40.1, htdig-web 3.2.0b6-3.40.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 htdig 3.2.0b6-3.40.1, htdig-web 3.2.0b6-3.40.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 htdig 3.2.0b6-3.40.1, htdig-web 3.2.0b6-3.40.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:090

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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