Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to improper error checking in the (1) MemoryRealm, (2) DataSourceRealm, and (3) JDBCRealm authentication realms, as demonstrated by a % (percent) value for the j_password parameter.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Tomcat | — | Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 4.1.40Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 6.0.20Upgrade Apache Tomcat to the latest available versionUpgrade Apache Tomcat to 5.5.28 | May 17, 2012 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Apple Osx Tomcat | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest versionApply OS X security update 2010-002 | Dec 16, 2011 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-apiUpgrade tomcat5Upgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-apiUpgrade tomcat5-common-libUpgrade tomcat5-server-libUpgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-jasper-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-jasperUpgrade tomcat5-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc | Dec 1, 2016 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-servers/tomcat. | Oct 30, 2017 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Hpux | — | Update hpuxws22TOMCAT.TOMCAT to the latest versionUpdate hpuxwsTOMCAT.TOMCAT to the latest version | Aug 11, 2017 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat5-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-apiUpgrade tomcat5Upgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-jasperUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-common-libUpgrade tomcat5-jasper-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-server-libUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api | Oct 16, 2024 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | Upgrade Red Hat JBoss EAP to the latest version | Sep 19, 2024 | Jun 3, 2009 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tomcat55-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade apache2-jakarta-tomcat-connectorsUpgrade tomcat5-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat5Upgrade tomcat55-common-libUpgrade tomcat55-jsp-2_0-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat55-servlet-2_4-apiUpgrade jakarta-tomcat-docUpgrade tomcat55-servlet-2_4-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade jakarta-tomcatUpgrade tomcat55-webappsUpgrade apache-jakarta-tomcat-connectorsUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2_1-apiUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat55-jasper-javadocUpgrade tomcat55-server-libUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2_5-apiUpgrade tomcat55Upgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade jakarta-tomcat-examplesUpgrade tomcat55-jsp-2_0-apiUpgrade tomcat55-jasper | Feb 17, 2015 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libtomcat6-javaUpgrade tomcat6-examples | Nov 8, 2024 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Vmsa 2009 0016 5 Update Apache Tomcat Version | — | Upgrade VMware ESX 4.0 to build number 208167Upgrade VMware ESX 3.5 to build number 226117 | Sep 2, 2010 | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Vmsa 2010 0005 | — | Apply ESX350-201003403-SG. | Feb 16, 2011 | Jun 5, 2009 |
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