This doesn't appear to be backwards compatible, (possibly not even cross
platform) though.

Tested on an apache / tomcat 4.0.4 server, running FreeBSD. No alerts, just
an error 400 page...

I don't have access to a tomcat 4.1 system, so can't test there.

Chip

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Chip McClure
Sr. Unix Administrator
GigGuardian, Inc.

http://www.gigguardian.com/
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> ***** This writing is part of Malloc() Hackers & Malloc() Security
> *****
> http://www.malloc.tk
> http://www.superw00t.com
>
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> Title: Apache Tomcat 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
> ~~~
> Author: Skinnay of Malloc()
> ~~~~~
>
> Contact: "Skinnay" - (skinnayskinnux.com)
> ~~~~~~
>
> No modification of the contents of this file should be made
> without direct consent of the author or of Malloc() hackers or
> Malloc() Security.
> ************************************************************************
>
>
>
> Apache Tomcat is a Webserver/servlet engine available for multiple *nix
> platforms and Windows platforms.
>
>
> There exist a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Tomcat
> that may allow people to craft links to vulnerable webservers
> and execute malicious instructions.
>
>
> Exploitation:
>
> Tested on Tomcat 4.1 / Linux
>
> http://example.com:8080/666%0a%0a>alert("asdf");</script>666.jsp
>
>
>
> Found by Skinnay of Malloc().. word.. :P

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