Description
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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 5 | tomcat5 +10 | 5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5 | RHSA-2010:0580 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2010:0580 Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat5 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 5, 2026
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616717
- ADV-2010-1986 vdb-entry
- RHSA-2010:0580 vendor-advisory
- 40813 third-party-advisory