CVE-2003-0043
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-09-01 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 01:43
Severity ?
Summary
Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txtVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-060.shtml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-246
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5111
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6722
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11195
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txtVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-060.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-246
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/5111
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6722
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11195
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