National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1947

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter (aka the hostname attribute) to host-manager/html/add.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-8130

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

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-8113

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

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-7977

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

External Source: XF

Name: apache-tomcat-hostmanager-xss(42816)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42816

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3316

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0503

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0320

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2823

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2780

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1725

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1725

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020624

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020624

External Source: BID

Name: 31681

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

External Source: BID

Name: 29502

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29502

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components

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

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080602 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-1947: Tomcat host-manager XSS vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/492958/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0864

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

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0862

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

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0648

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

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:188

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

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1593

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1593

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37460

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34013

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33999

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33797

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32266

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32222

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32120

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31891

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31865

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31639

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30967

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30967

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30592

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30592

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30500

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30500

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6009

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6009

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11534

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11534

External Source: MLIST

Name: [tomcat-user] 20080602 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-1947: Tomcat host-manager XSS vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=121244319501278&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02401

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

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02401

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

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:004

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

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:014

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00001.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-10-09

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

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6009

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6009

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11534

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11534