GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-9ggm-7897-x4mg Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-14 Modified 2024-02-21 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2011-2526
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
Severity
Moderate
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2022-07-13

Affected packages

• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: < 5.5.34 → fixed in 5.5.34 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.33 → fixed in 6.0.33 • Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.19 → fixed in 7.0.19

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connector, does not validate certain request attributes, which allows local users to bypass intended file access restrictions or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or JVM crash) by leveraging an untrusted web application.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2011-2526 Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References