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title: "CVE-2009-4612\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-4612

Publication date 13 January 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WebApp JSP Snoop
page in Mort Bay Jetty 6.1.x through 6.1.21 allow remote attackers to
inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH\_INFO to the default URI
under (1) jspsnoop/, (2) jspsnoop/ERROR/, and (3) jspsnoop/IOException/,
and possibly the PATH\_INFO to (4) snoop.jsp.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4612?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| jetty | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 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)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

we don't ship the test application

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4612)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4612)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4612)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4612)

### Other references

* <http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-jetty6x7x/jetty-adv.txt>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4612>