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RE: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
From: rulerpen <rulerpen () optonline net>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 19:17:28 -0400
Tested on Redhat 7.2 w/ tomcat 4.0.3 and didn't appear to work. 400 error page also. Mike -----Original Message----- From: Chip McClure [mailto:vhm3 () gigguardian com] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:07 PM To: skinnay () skinnux com Cc: vuln-dev () securityfocus com Subject: Re: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability This doesn't appear to be backwards compatible, (possibly not even cross platform) though. Tested on an apache / tomcat 4.0.4 server, running FreeBSD. No alerts, just an error 400 page... I don't have access to a tomcat 4.1 system, so can't test there. Chip ----- Chip McClure Sr. Unix Administrator GigGuardian, Inc. http://www.gigguardian.com/ -----
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Title: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability ~~~ Author: Skinnay of Malloc() ~~~~~ Contact: "Skinnay" - (skinnay () skinnux com) ~~~~~~ No modification of the contents of this file should be made without direct consent of the author or of Malloc() hackers or Malloc() Security. ********************************************************************** ** Apache Tomcat is a Webserver/servlet engine available for multiple *nix platforms and Windows platforms. There exist a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat that
may allow people to craft links to vulnerable webservers and execute malicious instructions. Exploitation: Tested on Tomcat 4.1 / Linux http://example.com:8080/666%0a%0a<script>alert("asdf");</script>666.js p Found by Skinnay of Malloc().. word.. :P
Current thread:
- Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability skinnay (Aug 21)
- Re: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Chip McClure (Aug 21)
- RE: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability rulerpen (Aug 21)
- Re: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability KF (Aug 21)
- Re: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability Chip McClure (Aug 21)