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CVE-2009-0783

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat

Impact

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18 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.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat>= 4.1.0, <= 4.1.39none recorded

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
ApacheTomcat
from 4.1.0 through 4.1.39
from 5.5.0 through 5.5.27
from 6.0.0 through 6.0.18

Weakness classification

CWE-200

References