CVE-2003-0043

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0043
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-02-07 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionJakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat 3.0 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 3.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 3.1.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 3.2 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 3.2.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 3.2.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 3.2.4 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 3.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 3.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache Tomcat Web.XML File Contents Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
The Jakarta Site - Binary Downloads af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jakarta.apache.org Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: SSRT3522 Sec. Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.3.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jakarta.apache.org Vendor Advisory
N-060: Vulnerabilities in Tomcat 3.3.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-246-1 tomcat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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