Apache Tomcat up to 5.5.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apache Tomcat. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3271. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Apache Tomcat (Application Server Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.31 allows remote attackers to bypass an IP address restriction and obtain sensitive information via a request that is processed concurrently with another request but in a different thread, leading to an instance-variable overwrite associated with a "synchronization problem" and lack of thread safety, and related to RemoteFilterValve, RemoteAddrValve, and RemoteHostValve.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2008. The weakness was released 10/13/2008 as Bug 25835 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at issues.apache.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3271 since 07/24/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34499 (SuSE 10 Security Update : Tomcat 5 (ZYPP Patch Number 5689)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165684 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:023)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45791), Tenable (34499), SecurityFocus (BID 31698†), OSVDB (49062†) and Secunia (SA35684†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-1096, VDB-1867, VDB-3071 and VDB-11829. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34499
Nessus Name: SuSE 10 Security Update : Tomcat 5 (ZYPP Patch Number 5689)
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OpenVAS ID: 65813
OpenVAS Name: SLES10: Security update for Tomcat 5
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apache.org

Advisory: Bug 25835
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3271 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3271
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44461
X-Force: 45791
SecurityFocus: 31698 - Apache Tomcat 'RemoteFilterValve' Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 35684
OSVDB: 49062 - CVE-2008-3271 - Apache - Tomcat - Security Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021039
Vulnerability Center: 19753 - Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 and 4.1.0-4.1.31 Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-2793

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/18/2019 20:07
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (85), 08/18/2019 20:07 (5)
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