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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2009-2901 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/02/2010)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2901 This issue did not affect Tomcat versions running on Linux or Solaris systems. This issue is fixed in the tomcat5 and tomcat6 packages released with JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.1 for Windows.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/38316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38346 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38541 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/39317 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/43310 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023503 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509151/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37942 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55856 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2901
NVD Published Date:
01/28/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.