Information disclosure in Apache Tomcat JK ISAPI Connector - CVE-2008-5519

 

Information disclosure in Apache Tomcat JK ISAPI Connector - CVE-2008-5519

Published: October 7, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU796
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-5519
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Tomcat JK ISAPI Connector

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote uauthenticated user to read potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient access control. If the valid user sets Content-Length without providing data or sends requests too promptly, attackers can view the responses to that requests.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

How to mitigate CVE-2008-5519

Update to version 1.2.27.

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