National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0580

Overview

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to improper error checking in the (1) MemoryRealm, (2) DataSourceRealm, and (3) JDBCRealm authentication realms, as demonstrated by a % (percent) value for the j_password parameter.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1496

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1496

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781382&view=rev

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781382&view=rev

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781379&view=rev

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781379&view=rev

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=747840&view=rev

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=747840&view=rev

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-11356

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-11352

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-11374

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html

External Source: XF

Name: tomcat-jsecuritycheck-info-disclosure(50930)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50930

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-3056

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3316

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1856

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

External Source: BID

Name: 35196

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35196

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090605 [SECURITY] CVE-2009-0580 UPDATED Apache Tomcat User enumeration vulnerability with FORM authentication

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504125/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090604 Re: [SECURITY] CVE-2009-0580 Apache Tomcat User enumeration vulnerability with FORM authentication

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504108/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090603 [SECURITY] CVE-2009-0580 Apache Tomcat User enumeration vulnerability with FORM authentication

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504045/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2010:176

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:138

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:136

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2207

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 263529

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022332

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1022332

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42368

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42368

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37460

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37460

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35788

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35788

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35685

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35685

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35344

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35344

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35326

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35326

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9101

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9101

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6628

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6628

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02579

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02579

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:012

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6628

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6628

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9101

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9101