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Unscored RHSA-2008:0648 4 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 26

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client tomcat5 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client tomcat5-debuginfo 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-admin-webapps 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-common-lib 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-debuginfo 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-jasper 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-jasper-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-server-lib 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation tomcat5-webapps 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-admin-webapps 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-common-lib 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-debuginfo 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-jasper 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-jasper-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-server-lib 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1
Red Hat · RHEL 5 enterprise_linux:5::server tomcat5-webapps 0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_2.1

Vulnerabilities 4

  • Medium —
    CVE-2008-1232 Public exploit EPSS 76%

    Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

    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 Http…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven
  • Medium —
    CVE-2008-1947

    Apache Tomcat Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 5.5.9 through 5.5.26 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter (aka the hostname attribute) to host-manager/html/add.

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core Maven
  • Medium —
    CVE-2008-2370 Public exploit EPSS 53%

    Apache Tomcat Path Traversal Vulnerability

    Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.37, 5.5.0 through 5.5.26, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.16, when a RequestDispatcher is used, performs path normalization before removing the query string from the URI, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attac…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven
  • Medium —
    CVE-2008-2938 Public exploit EPSS 100%

    Apache Tomcat Directory Traversal vulnerability

    Directory traversal 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, when allowLinking and UTF-8 are enabled, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via encoded directory traversal sequences in the …

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446393
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456120
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457597
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457934
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0648.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1232
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1232
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1232
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1947
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1947
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1947
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2370
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2370
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2370
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2938
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2938
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2938