CVE-2009-0580
MEDIUMEPSS 100th pctlDescription
Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to improper error checking in the (1) MemoryRealm, (2) DataSourceRealm, and (3) JDBCRealm authentication realms, as demonstrated by a % (percent) value for the j_password parameter.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
References
- lists.apple.com
- lists.opensuse.org
- marc.info
- marc.info
- marc.info
- marc.info
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- secunia.com
- securitytracker.com
- sunsolve.sun.com
- support.apple.com
- debian.org
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- vmware.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- lists.apache.org
- lists.apache.org
- lists.apache.org
- lists.apache.org
- lists.apache.org
- lists.apache.org
- lists.apache.org
- oval.cisecurity.org
- oval.cisecurity.org
- oval.cisecurity.org
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
- redhat.com
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| CVE-2018-11409 | Medium | 5.3 | 98% | - | - |
| CVE-2021-41277 | Critical | 10.0 | 97% | KEV | - |
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