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Apache Tomcat Accept-Language Header Cross-Site Scripting
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25721
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Release Date:
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2007-06-19
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Popularity:
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8,984 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Apache Tomcat 4.x
Apache Tomcat 5.x
Apache Tomcat 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1358
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apache Tomcat, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via the "Accept-Language" header is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site, e.g. via a specially crafted Flash file.
The vulnerability affects the following versions:
* Tomcat 4.0.0 to 4.0.6
* Tomcat 4.1.0 to 4.1.34
* Tomcat 5.0.0 to 5.0.30
* Tomcat 5.5.0 to 5.5.20
* Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.5
Solution:
Update to 4.1.36, 5.5.21, 5.0.HEAD, or 6.0.6.
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Masato Anzai and Toshiharu Sugiyama.
Original Advisory:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
JVN:
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2316535199/index.html
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