--- title: "CVE-2008-1232\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1232?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-1232 Publication date 4 August 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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 HttpServletResponse.sendError method. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | tomcat5.5 | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 5.5.26-3ubuntu1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 5.5.25-5ubuntu1.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | tomcat6 | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [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-2008-1232) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1232) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-1232) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1232) ### Other references *