Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string that is used in the message argument to the HttpServletResponse.sendError method.

Mitigation

We recommend upgrading to a version of this component that is not vulnerable to this specific issue.

Related links:

• http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-1232

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495021/100/0/threaded