Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting tomcat9 package, versions <9.0.16-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    1.1% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN13-TOMCAT9-5697254
  • published 19 May 2019
  • disclosed 28 May 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 tomcat9 to version 9.0.16-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat9 package and not the tomcat9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

The SSI printenv command in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 echoes user provided data without escaping and is, therefore, vulnerable to XSS. SSI is disabled by default. The printenv command is intended for debugging and is unlikely to be present in a production website.

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