CVE-2009-2901 (GCVE-0-2009-2901)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-01-28 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37942 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509151/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/39317 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/43310 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023503 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
http://secunia.com/advisories/38541 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38346 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/38316 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7b… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356d… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2009-2901",
    "datePublished": "2010-01-28T20:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2009-08-20T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T06:07:37.301Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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}


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