Apache Tomcat Error Message Reporting Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:25174

Info

Apache Tomcat Error Message Reporting Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25174
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-3384
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 02 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 02 2007 11:45PM
Credit: Tomasz Kuczynski, Poznan Supercomputing, and Networking Center are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Apache Tomcat 3.3.2
Apache Tomcat 3.3.1 a
Apache Tomcat 3.3.1
Apache Tomcat 3.3
- BSDI BSD/OS 4.0
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.4
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Digital UNIX 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.2 x86
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.4.1 x86
- Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
- Redhat Linux 6.1 i386
- SGI IRIX 6.5
- SGI IRIX 6.4
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Apache Tomcat Error Message Reporting Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Apache Tomcat is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject HTML and script code into the browser of an unsuspecting victim. The attacker may then steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue affects Tomcat 3.3 to 3.3.2.

Exploit / POC

Apache Tomcat Error Message Reporting Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into visiting an attacker-controlled webpage consisting of malicious POST data.

Solution / Fix

Apache Tomcat Error Message Reporting Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


Apache Tomcat 3.3.2

References

Apache Tomcat Error Message Reporting Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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