ID

VAR-200902-0677

CVE

CVE-2008-4308

TITLE

Apache Tomcat POST Data Information Disclosure Vulnerability

DESCRIPTION

The doRead method in Apache Tomcat 4.1.32 through 4.1.34 and 5.5.10 through 5.5.20 does not return a -1 to indicate when a certain error condition has occurred, which can cause Tomcat to send POST content from one request to a different request. Apache Tomcat from The Apache Software Foundation contains an information disclosure vulnerability. Apache Tomcat from the Apache Software Foundation is an implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Page (JSP) technologies. This vulnerability was addressed and solved in ASF Bugzilla - Bug 40771. However there was no description regarding this vulnerability in ASF Bugzilla - Bug 40771. Therefore, The Apache Tomcat Development Team has decided to publish an advisory regarding this issue.A remote attacker could possibly obtain user credentials such as password, session ID, user ID, etc. According to the developer, unsupported Apache Tomcat 3.x, 4.0.x, and 5.0.x may also be affected. They have confirmed that Apache Tomcat 6.0.x is not affected. Remote attackers can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive data stored on the server. Information obtained may lead to further attacks. Publication of this issue was then postponed until now at the request of the reporter. For a vulnerability to exist the content read from the input stream must be disclosed, eg via writing it to the response and committing the response, before the ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException occurs which will halt processing of the request. Mitigation: Upgrade to: 4.1.35 or later 5.5.21 or later 6.0.0 or later Example: See original bug report for example of how to create the error condition. Credit: This issue was discovered by Fujitsu and reported to the Tomcat Security Team via JPCERT. References: http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html Mark Thomas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJpdGRb7IeiTPGAkMRAkK+AKC1m5WunqOmwuFYSYEoASF/AokgDQCffmxM U3IdbfYNVtRIzCW5XTvhv2E= =rJGg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Did you know? Our assessment and impact rating along with detailed information such as exploit code availability, or if an updated patch is released by the vendor, is not part of this mailing-list? Click here to learn more about our commercial solutions: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Click here to trial our solutions: http://secunia.com/advisories/try_vi/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Apache Tomcat POST Content Disclosure Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA34057 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/34057/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in Apache Tomcat, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially disclose sensitive information. The vulnerability is reported in versions 4.1.32 through 4.1.34 and 5.5.10 through 5.5.20. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: The vendor credits Fujitsu, reporting via JPCERT. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Apache Tomcat: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html http://www.mail-archive.com/users@tomcat.apache.org/msg57428.html JVN: http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN66905322/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

CVSS

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

THREAT TYPE

remote

TYPE

information disclosure

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PATCH

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REFERENCES

CREDITS

Fujitsu

SOURCES

LAST UPDATE DATE

2024-08-14T15:25:10.840000+00:00

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