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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-2526 Detail

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connector, does not validate certain request attributes, which allows local users to bypass intended file access restrictions or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or JVM crash) by leveraging an untrusted web application.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&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=136485229118404&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/73797 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/73798 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/45232 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/48308 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145383 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145571 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145694 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1146005 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2401 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:156 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518889/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48667 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025788 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720948 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68541 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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14573 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19514 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2526
NVD Published Date:
07/14/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.