GHSA-hjfh-7c4v-7q8h

Improper Authentication in Apache Tomcat

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2009-2901

Description

The autodeployment process in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, when autoDeploy is enabled, deploys appBase files that remain from a failed undeploy, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended authentication requirements via HTTP requests.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcatintroduced 5.5.0, fixed 5.5.29
Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcatintroduced 6.0.0, fixed 6.0.24

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database