CVE-2009-2696

tomcat: missing fix for CVE-2009-0781

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in jsp/cal/cal2.jsp in the calendar application in the examples web application in Apache Tomcat on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Desktop Workstation 5, and Linux Desktop 5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the time parameter, related to "invalid HTML." NOTE: this is due to a missing fix for CVE-2009-0781.

Vulnerabilidad de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en jsp/cal/cal2.jsp en la aplicación calendario en los ejemplos de aplicaciones web de Apache Tomcat en Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5, Desktop Workstation v5, y Linux Desktop v5 permite a atacantes remotos injectar código web o HTML a través de parámetros de tiempo, relacionados con "HTML no válido". NOTA: se debe a una corrección que falta para CVE-2009-0.781.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-08-05 CVE Reserved
2010-08-05 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1986	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/40813	2016-10-27
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0580.html	2016-10-27
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616717	2010-08-02
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2696	2010-08-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"	Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"	<= 4.1.39 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version " <= 4.1.39"	-	Affected	in	Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"	Desktop Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Desktop Workstation"	5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Desktop Workstation" and version "5"	-	Safe
Apache Search vendor "Apache"	Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"	<= 4.1.39 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version " <= 4.1.39"	-	Affected	in	Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"	Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"	5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "5"	-	Safe
Apache Search vendor "Apache"	Tomcat Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat"	<= 4.1.39 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tomcat" and version " <= 4.1.39"	-	Affected	in	Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"	Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"	5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "5.0"	-	Safe