🛡️ CVE-2009-2901 — tomcat

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-287 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Improper Authentication in Apache Tomcat

The autodeployment process in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, when autoDeploy is enabled, deploys appBase files that remain from a failed undeploy, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended authentication requirements via HTTP requests.

Weakness class

CVE-2009-2901 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.

Affected software

CVE-2009-2901 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (from 6.0.0 up to 6.0.24)

Timeline and source

Published on 2 May 2022 and last revised on 21 February 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apple.com (Web)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)
marc.info (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-287
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-02
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-02-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 6.0.0 6.0.24

References

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