GHSA-9ggm-7897-x4mg

Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2011-2526

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.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcatintroduced 0, fixed 5.5.34
Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcatintroduced 6.0.0, fixed 6.0.33
Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcatintroduced 7.0.0, fixed 7.0.19

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database