(Sun Issues Fix) Tomcat RequestDispatcher Bug Lets Remote Users Bypass Access Restrictions
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021775 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021775
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-2370
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 26 2009
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 4.1.0 to 4.1.37, 5.5.0 to 5.5.26, 6.0.0 to 6.0.16
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Tomcat. A remote user can bypass certain access restriction.
When a RequestDispatcher is used, a remote user can submit a specially crafted request to access content that is ostensibly protected by a security constraint or by its location under the WEB-INF directory.
Stefano Di Paola of Minded Security Research Labs reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can bypass certain security restrictions to access content that is ostensibly protected.
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Solution:
Sun has issued a fix.
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 9 with patch 114016-03 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 122911-15 or later
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_101 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 9 with patch 114017-03 or later
* Solaris 10 with patch 122912-15 or later
* OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_101 or later
The Sun advisory is available at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-251986-1
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Vendor URL: tomcat.apache.org/security.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS:
UNIX (Solaris - SunOS)
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:01:32 -0500
Subject: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-251986-1
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CVE-2008-1232
CVE-2008-1947
CVE-2008-2370
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