4.3 - CVE-2008-1232

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Informations
Name	CVE-2008-1232	First vendor Publication	2008-08-03
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score	4.3	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	2.9	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1232

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-79	Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11181

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11181
Title:	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.
Description:	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.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-1232	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-jasper-javadoc is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-webapps is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5 is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-jasper is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-server-lib is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-common-lib is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1 AND tomcat5-admin-webapps is earlier than 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5985

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5985
Title:	Security vulnerability in the HttpServletResponse.sendError method in Tomcat 5.5 bundled with Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 may lead to Cross Site Scripting (XSS).
Description:	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.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-1232	Version:	1
Platform(s):	Sun Solaris 9 Sun Solaris 10	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
IF Solaris 9 (SPARC) meets Sun Alert 251986 Solaris 9 (SPARC) is installed AND NOT Patch 114016-03 or later installed OR Solaris 10 (SPARC) meets Sun Alert 251986 Solaris 10 (SPARC) is installed AND NOT Patch 122911-15 or later installed OR Solaris 9 (x86) meets Sun Alert 251986 Solaris 9 (x86) is installed AND NOT Patch 114017-03 or later installed OR Solaris 10 (x86) meets Sun Alert 251986 Solaris 10 (x86) is installed AND NOT Patch 122912-15 or later installed AND SUNWtcatr is installed

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Apache Tomcat cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.8:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.6:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.35:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.34:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.33:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.32:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.31:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.30:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.29:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.28:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.27:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.30:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.29:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.28:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.27:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.9:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.40:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.39:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.38:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.37:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.36:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.35:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.34:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.33:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.32:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.31:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.30:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.3:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.29:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.29:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.28:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.28:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.27:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.3.1a:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.2:beta2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:1.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:-:::::::*	165

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2010-05-12	Name : Mac OS X Security Update 2008-007 File : nvt/macosx_secupd_2008-007.nasl
2009-10-13	Name : SLES10: Security update for Websphere Community Edition File : nvt/sles10_websphere-as_ce0.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-719-1 (libpam-krb5) File : nvt/ubuntu_719_1.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-720-1 (php5) File : nvt/ubuntu_720_1.nasl
2009-06-05	Name : Ubuntu USN-723-1 (git-core) File : nvt/ubuntu_723_1.nasl
2009-05-05	Name : HP-UX Update for Apache Web Server Suite HPSBUX02401 File : nvt/gb_hp_ux_HPSBUX02401.nasl
2009-04-09	Name : Mandriva Update for tomcat5 MDVSA-2008:188 (tomcat5) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_188.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for tomcat RHSA-2008:0648-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0648-01_tomcat.nasl
2009-02-18	Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:004 File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_004.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for tomcat6 FEDORA-2008-7977 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_7977_tomcat6_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for tomcat5 FEDORA-2008-8113 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8113_tomcat5_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for tomcat5 FEDORA-2008-8130 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_8130_tomcat5_fc8.nasl
2008-08-07	Name : Apache Tomcat Cross-Site Scripting and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities File : nvt/secpod_apache_tomcat_xss_n_bypass_vuln_900021.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
47462	Apache Tomcat HttpServletResponse.sendError Method Message Argument XSS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2016-03-03	Name : The remote host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0648.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0877.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20080827_tomcat_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01	Name : The remote Apache Tomcat server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. File : tomcat_6_0_18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-11	Name : The remote web server is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. File : tomcat_4_1_39.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-10	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-1007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0648.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-11-23	Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat... File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-10-19	Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch. File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_websphere-as_ce-5850.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-10	Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues. File : macosx_SecUpd2008-007.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-17	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-8130.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-17	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-8113.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-12	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-7977.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-28	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0648.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url

Alert History

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Date	Informations
2024-11-28 23:13:46	Multiple Updates
2024-11-28 12:15:08	Multiple Updates
2023-02-13 09:29:23	Multiple Updates
2023-02-02 21:28:58	Multiple Updates
2022-02-04 12:05:43	Multiple Updates
2021-05-04 12:07:15	Multiple Updates
2021-04-22 01:07:40	Multiple Updates
2020-05-23 00:21:24	Multiple Updates
2019-03-25 17:18:56	Multiple Updates
2019-03-21 21:19:08	Multiple Updates
2018-10-12 00:20:15	Multiple Updates
2017-09-29 09:23:27	Multiple Updates
2017-08-08 09:23:55	Multiple Updates
2017-03-16 09:24:10	Multiple Updates
2016-04-26 17:12:30	Multiple Updates
2016-03-04 13:26:24	Multiple Updates
2014-03-18 13:21:49	Multiple Updates
2014-03-08 13:21:27	Multiple Updates
2014-02-17 10:44:10	Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 00:12:02	Multiple Updates

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	2
CPE ID(s)	165
Sources(s)	65
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	13
Nessus® Exploit(s)	17

	Related
10	VMSA-2009-0016
7.5	HPSBUX02401 SSR...
6.4	RHSA-2008:0862
6.4	MDVSA-2008:188
5	VMSA-2009-0002
5	SUN-251986
5	RHSA-2008:0864
5	RHSA-2008:0648
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