CVE-2009-0580

Apache Tomcat <6.0.18 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by D. Matscheko · textremotemultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33023

View Code ZIP pw:eip

metasploit SCANNER

rubypoc

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_enum.rb

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (49)

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35326

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35344

[Vendor Advisory] http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=747840&view=rev

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781379&view=rev

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781382&view=rev

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504045/100/0/threaded

... and 29 more

Scores

EPSS 0.8817

EPSS Percentile 99.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (48)

apache/tomcat 4.1.0

apache/tomcat 4.1.1

apache/tomcat 4.1.2

apache/tomcat 4.1.3 (2 CPE variants)

apache/tomcat 4.1.4

apache/tomcat 4.1.5

apache/tomcat 4.1.6

apache/tomcat 4.1.7

apache/tomcat 4.1.8

apache/tomcat 4.1.9 (2 CPE variants)

... and 38 more

Published Jun 05, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026