CVE-2009-0781

Publication date 9 March 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter, related to “invalid HTML.”

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tomcat5.5 11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
tomcat6 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 6.0.18-0ubuntu6.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 6.0.18-0ubuntu3.2
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

PoC: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2009/Mar/0054.html

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
tomcat5.5
tomcat6

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-788-1
    • Tomcat vulnerabilities
    • 15 June 2009

Other references