GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-x89r-2wjq-mj7x Apache Tomcat Discloses MS-DOS Pathname
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2005-4703
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
- Reviewed
- 2023-09-18
Affected packages
• Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat: <= 4.0.3 (no fix yet)
Description
Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request for a file that contains an MS-DOS device name such as lpt9, which leaks the pathname in an error message, as demonstrated by `lpt9.xtp` using Nikto.
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2005-4703 Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request for a file that… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4703 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42914 web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080511145425/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28484 web
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html web