Apache Tomcat 'HttpServletResponse.sendError()' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:30496

Info

Apache Tomcat 'HttpServletResponse.sendError()' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 30496
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-1232
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 01 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 08:26PM
Credit: Konstantin Kolinko <br>
Vulnerable: WiKID Systems WiKID Server 3.0.4
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5.Update 3 build 1
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 5
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 5
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 4
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 3
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 1
VMWare vCenter 4.0
VMWare Server 2.0.2
VMWare Server 2.0.1
VMWare Server 2.0
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.2
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.1
VMWare ESX Server 3.0
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
SuSE openSUSE 10.3
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9_sparc
Sun Solaris 10_x86
Sun Solaris 10_sparc
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_99
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_96
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_95
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_92
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_91
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_90
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_89
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_88
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_87
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_86
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_85
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_84
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_83
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_82
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_81
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_80
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_78
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_77
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_76
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_68
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_67
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_64
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_61
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_59
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_57
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_50
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_39
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_36
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_29
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_22
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_19
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_13
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_100
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_02
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_01
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
RedHat Red Hat Network Satellite (for RHEL 4) 5.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 client
RedHat Developer Suite AS4 3
RedHat Certificate Server 7.3
RedHat Application Server WS4 2
RedHat Application Server ES4 2
RedHat Application Server AS4 2
Red Hat Red Hat Network Satellite Server 5.0.1
Red Hat Red Hat Network Satellite Server 5.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Pardus Linux 2008 0
Novell ZENworks Linux Management 7.3
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
HP HP-UX B.11.31
HP HP-UX B.11.11
Computer Associates Unicenter Patch Management 11.2
Computer Associates Unicenter Desktop and Server Management 11.2
Computer Associates Unicenter Asset Portfolio Management 11.3.4
Computer Associates Unicenter Asset Portfolio Management 11.3
Computer Associates Service Desk r11.2
Avaya Meeting Exchange - Enterprise Edition
Avaya Meeting Exchange 5.0 .0.52
Avaya Meeting Exchange 5.0
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 4.2.1
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 4.0.1
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 3.1.6
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 3.1.5
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 3.1.4
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 3.1.3
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 4.2
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 4.1
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 4.0
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 3.1
Avaya Aura Application Enablement Services 3.0
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.16
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.15
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.14
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.13
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.12
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.11
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.10
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.9
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.8
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.7
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.6
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.5
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.4
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.3
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.2
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.1
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.26
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.25
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.24
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.23
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.22
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.21
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.20
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.19
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.18
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.17
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.16
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.15
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.14
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.13
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.12
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.11
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.10
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.9
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.8
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.7
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.6
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.5
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.4
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.3
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.2
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.1
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.37
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.36
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.34
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.32
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.31
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.30
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.29
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.28
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.24
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.12
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.10
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.9 beta
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.3 beta
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.3
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1
- BSDI BSD/OS 4.0
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.4
- Conectiva Linux 5.1
- Debian Linux 2.3
- Debian Linux 2.2
- Debian Linux 2.1
- Digital UNIX 4.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- 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
- SGI IRIX 3.3
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 7.0
Not Vulnerable: WiKID Systems WiKID Server 3.0.5
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6
VMWare vCenter 4.0 Update 1
Sun OpenSolaris build snv_101
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6.0.18
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 5.5.27
Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 4.1.38

Discussion

Apache Tomcat 'HttpServletResponse.sendError()' 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 may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

The issue affects the following versions:

Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37
Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.26
Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.16

Exploit / POC

Apache Tomcat 'HttpServletResponse.sendError()' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example is available:

Solution / Fix

Apache Tomcat 'HttpServletResponse.sendError()' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0

VMWare ESX Server 4.0

HP HP-UX B.11.11

Apache Tomcat 6.0.10

Apache Tomcat 6.0.15

Apache Tomcat 6.0.16

Apache Tomcat 6.0.5

Apache Tomcat 6.0.7

Apache Tomcat 6.0.8

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