National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2526

Overview

Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connector, does not validate certain request attributes, which allows local users to bypass intended file access restrictions or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or JVM crash) by leveraging an untrusted web application.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720948

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720948

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1146005

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1146005

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145694

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145694

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145571

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145571

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145383

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145383

External Source: XF

Name: tomcat-sendfile-info-disclosure(68541)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/68541

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025788

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025788

External Source: BID

Name: 48667

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48667

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110713 [SECURITY] CVE-2011-2526 Apache Tomcat Information disclosure and availability vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/518889/100/0/threaded

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:156

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:156

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2401

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2401

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45232

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45232

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14573

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14573

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 73798

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/73798

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 73797

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/73797

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02725

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT100627

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2