RHSA-2006:0157

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2006-01-11 18:38 - Updated: 2025-11-21 17:29
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: struts security update for Red Hat Application Server
Severity
Low
Notes
Topic: Updated Red Hat Application Server components are now available including a security update for Struts. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Details: Red Hat Application Server packages provide a J2EE Application Server and Web container as well as the underlying Java stack. A cross-site scripting flaw was found in the way Struts displays error pages. It may be possible for an attacker to construct a specially crafted URL which could fool a victim into believing they are viewing a trusted site. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-3745 to this issue. Please note that this issue does not affect Struts running on Tomcat or JOnAS, which is our supported usage of Struts. All users of Red Hat Application Server should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Struts version 1.2.8 which is not vulnerable to this issue.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
CVE-2005-3745

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Struts 1.2.7, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly quoted or filtered when the request handler generates an error message.

Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Red Hat Application Server 3AS
Red Hat / Red Hat Application Server
 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_application_server:1 —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Low
References
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