CVE-2002-0493 (GCVE-0-2002-0493)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:49
VLAI
Summary
Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings if errors are encountered while reading the web.xml file, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.apachelabs.org/tomcat-dev/200108.mbox/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9863.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101709002410365&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b6257… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf2… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2002-03-25 00:00
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