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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0783 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35788 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/42368 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=652592&view=rev CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=681156&view=rev CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=739522&view=rev CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781542&view=rev CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781708&view=rev CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
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://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504090/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35416 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022336 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51195 CVE, Inc., Red Hat VDB Entry 
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29936 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=45933 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%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/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%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://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10716 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Tool Signature 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18913 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Tool Signature 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6450 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Tool Signature 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0783
NVD Published Date:
06/05/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.