GHSA-r7c8-hghc-2mp8

Apache Tomcat Allows Replacing of XML Parser

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2011-2481

Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.17 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications, which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0783 regression.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
Maven · org.apache.tomcat:tomcatintroduced 7.0.0, fixed 7.0.17

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database