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title: "CVE-2007-3383\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-3383

Publication date 25 July 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SendMailServlet in the examples
web application (examples/jsp/mail/sendmail.jsp) in Apache Tomcat 4.0.0
through 4.0.6 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 allows remote attackers to inject
arbitrary web script or HTML via the From field and possibly other fields,
related to generation of error messages.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tomcat4 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3383)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3383)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-3383)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3383)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3383>
