CVE-2009-0580
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.0
Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information in Apache Tomcat
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Apache Tomcat 6.0.18 - Form Authentication Existing/Non-Existing 'Username' Enumeration
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35196/info
Apache Tomcat is prone to a username-enumeration weakness because it displays different responses to login attempts, depending on whether or not the username exists.
Attackers may exploit this weakness to discern valid usernames. This may aid them in brute-force password cracking or other attacks.
The following are vulnerable:
Tomcat 4.1.x (prior to 4.1.40)
Tomcat 5.5x (prior to 5.5.28)
Tomcat 6.0.x (prior to 6.0.20)
The following example POST data is available:
POST /j_security_check HTTP/1.1
Host: www.example.com
j_username=tomcat&j_password=% Metasploit modules
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=4.1.0,<4.1.40 | 4.1.40 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=5.0.0,<5.5.28 | 5.5.28 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | >=6.0.0,<6.0.19 | 6.0.19 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0580
- https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18915
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6628
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9101
- https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=747840&view=rev
- https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781379&view=rev
- https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781382&view=rev
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50930
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.