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Apache Tomcat Host Manager "name" Cross-Site Scripting
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30500
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Release Date:
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2008-06-03
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Last Update:
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2008-09-10
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Popularity:
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5,721 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Apache Tomcat 5.x
Apache Tomcat 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1947
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Tomcat, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the "name" parameter to host-manager/html/add is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a logged in user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is reported in version 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.16.
Solution:
Apache Tomcat 6.0.x:
Update to version 6.0.18.
Apache Tomcat 5.5.x:
Update to version 5.5.27.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Petr Splichal, RedHat.
Changelog:
2008-08-04: Updated "Solution" section with fixed 6.0.x version.
2008-09-10: Updated "Solution" section with fixed 5.5.x version.
Original Advisory:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=121244319501278&w=2
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