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XSS in Tomcat cookies example


Arrow  SecurityAlert : 2971
Arrow  CVE : CVE-2007-3384
Arrow  SecurityRisk : Low  Security Risk Low  (About)
Arrow  Remote Exploit : Yes
Arrow  Local Exploit : No
Arrow  Exploit Available : Yes
Arrow  Credit : Tomasz Kuczynski
Arrow  Published : 08.08.2007

Arrow  Affected Software :
The Apache Software Foundation
Tomcat
3.3 to 3.3.2



Arrow  Advisory Content :  

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CVE-2007-3384: XSS in Tomcat cookies example

Severity:
Low (Cross-site scripting)

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
3.3 to 3.3.2

Description:
When reporting error messages, Tomcat does not filter user supplied
data before display. This enables an XSS attack.

Mitigation:
Remove examples web application.
Apply patch available from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-33.cgi

Credit:
This issue was discovered by Tomasz Kuczynski, Poznan Supercomputing
and Networking Center, who worked with the CERT/CC to report the
vulnerability.

Example:
http://localhost:8080/examples/servlet/CookieExample
populate Name or Value field with:
<script>alert('XSS reflected');</script>
and submit.

References:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html
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