CVE-2008-1947

Publication date 4 June 2008

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tomcat5 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
tomcat5.5 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 5.5.25-5ubuntu1.1
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tomcat5.5