Index: org/apache/jasper/security/SecurityUtil.java =================================================================== --- org/apache/jasper/security/SecurityUtil.java (revision 831814) +++ org/apache/jasper/security/SecurityUtil.java (working copy) @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ char content[] = new char[message.length()]; message.getChars(0, message.length(), content, 0); - StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(content.length + 50); + StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(content.length + 50); for (int i = 0; i < content.length; i++) { switch (content[i]) { case '<':