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CVE-2008-1232

Date: August 3, 2008

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is used in the message argument to the HttpServletResponse.sendError method.

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (82)

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0862

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31381

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505556/100/0/threaded

Url: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=214095

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31865

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34013

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31982

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457597

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32222

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32266

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33797

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31891

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0862.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/36108

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1232

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1232

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33999

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2823

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2305

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00004.html

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31379

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11181

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:188

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0602

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5985

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504351/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0503

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0002.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0648

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020622

Url: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=209500

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0320

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

Url: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-401.htm

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44155

Url: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/06/15/ca20090615-02-ca-service-desk-tomcat-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability.aspx

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1609

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0877

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4098

Url: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1007

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/57126

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32120

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2194

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35474

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495021/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31639

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/37460

Url: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30496

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0864

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-1232

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CWE-79

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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