Apache Tomcat Parameter Processing Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:27703

Info

Apache Tomcat Parameter Processing Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27703
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0002
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 08 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:03PM
Credit: Chitrapandian N of AdventNet Inc. is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 5
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 5
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 4
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 3
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2
VMWare VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 1
VMWare vCenter 4.0
VMWare Server 2.0.2
VMWare Server 2.0.1
VMWare Server 2.0
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.3
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.2
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.1
VMWare ESX Server 3.0
VMWare ESX Server 4.0
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
Sun Solaris 10
Redhat Fedora 7
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor 5.4.1
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.15
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.14
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.13
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.12
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.11
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.10
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.9
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.8
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.7
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.6
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.5
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.4
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.3
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.2
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0.1
Gentoo www-servers/tomcat 6.0
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5
Apache Tomcat 6.0.15
Apache Tomcat 6.0.14
Apache Tomcat 6.0.13
Apache Tomcat 6.0.12
Apache Tomcat 6.0.11
Apache Tomcat 6.0.10
Apache Tomcat 6.0.9
Apache Tomcat 6.0.8
Apache Tomcat 6.0.7
Apache Tomcat 6.0.6
Apache Tomcat 6.0.5
Not Vulnerable: VMWare VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 6
VMWare vCenter 4.0 Update 1
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor 5.5.1
Apache Tomcat 6.0.16

Discussion

Apache Tomcat Parameter Processing Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Apache Tomcat is prone to a remote information-disclosure vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle exceptions.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The issue affects Tomcat 6.0.5 to 6.0.15.

Exploit / POC

Apache Tomcat Parameter Processing Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Apache Tomcat Parameter Processing Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Tomcat 6.0.16 to address this issue. Contact the vendor for details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.


VMWare ESX Server 4.0

VMWare ESX Server 3.5

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5

Apache Tomcat 6.0.10

Apache Tomcat 6.0.11

Apache Tomcat 6.0.12

Apache Tomcat 6.0.13

Apache Tomcat 6.0.14

Apache Tomcat 6.0.15

Apache Tomcat 6.0.5

Apache Tomcat 6.0.6

Apache Tomcat 6.0.7

Apache Tomcat 6.0.8

Apache Tomcat 6.0.9

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