CVE-2008-1947
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=5.5.9,<5.5.27 | 5.5.27 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=6.0.0,<6.0.18 | 6.0.18 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=5.5.9,<5.5.27 | 5.5.27 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=6.0.0,<6.0.18 | 6.0.18 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1947
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/ab6a6c41ac972c845717c9d639f0335865afab4d
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/78ad0fcbe29c824f1f2e45a4e2716247b033250a
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/49c71fc59c1b8f8da77aea9eb53e61db168aebab
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/5f00d434c8dc11bd49ce0b4b56fe889839056030
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11534
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6009
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200514224656/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201208011750/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492958/100/0/threaded
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00712.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42816
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446393
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1947
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.