# CVE-2002-0936: The Java Server Pages (JSP) engine in Tomcat allows web page owners to cause a denial of service (engine crash) on the web server via a JSP

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2002-08-31 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Java Server Pages (JSP) engine in Tomcat allows web page owners to cause a denial of service (engine crash) on the web server via a JSP page that calls WPrinterJob().pageSetup(null,null).

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## References

- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9339.php
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0095.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4995
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21534
- https://github.com/om4rsallam/Full-Attack-Lifecycle-Simulation-on-Metasploitable

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