# CVE-2003-0020: Apache does not filter terminal escape sequences from its error logs, which could make it easier for attackers to insert those sequences int

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-09-01 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Apache does not filter terminal escape sequences from its error logs, which could make it easier for attackers to insert those sequences into terminal emulators containing vulnerabilities related to escape sequences.

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## References

- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57628-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-243.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108369640424244&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101555-1
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108731648532365&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-139.html
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0027
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108437852004207&w=2
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.529643
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-244.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-22.xml
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:050
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11412.php
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0017
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A150
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:046
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4114
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9930
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-083.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-104.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100109
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-082.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E

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