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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-0033
Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0...
Vulnerability Description
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 the Java AJP connector and mod_jk load balancing are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) via a crafted request with invalid headers, related to temporary blocking of connectors that have encountered errors, as demonstrated by an error involving a malformed HTTP Host header.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35326
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35344
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3056
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35788
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN87272440/index.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1496
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022331
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1856
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10231
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35193
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42368
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504044/100/0/threaded
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=742915&view=rev
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781362&view=rev
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19110
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:136
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50928
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5739
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.1.9, 4.1.10, 4.1.11, 4.1.12, 4.1.13, 4.1.14, 4.1.15, 4.1.16, 4.1.17, 4.1.18, 4.1.19, 4.1.20, 4.1.21, 4.1.22, 4.1.23, 4.1.24, 4.1.25, 4.1.26, 4.1.27, 4.1.28, 4.1.29, 4.1.30, 4.1.31, 4.1.32, 4.1.33, 4.1.34, 4.1.35, 4.1.36, 4.1.37, 4.1.38, 4.1.39, 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 5.5.7, 5.5.8, 5.5.9, 5.5.10, 5.5.11, 5.5.12, 5.5.13, 5.5.14, 5.5.15, 5.5.16, 5.5.17, 5.5.18, 5.5.19, 5.5.20, 5.5.21, 5.5.22, 5.5.23, 5.5.24, 5.5.25, 5.5.26, 5.5.27, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.0.3, 6.0.4, 6.0.5, 6.0.6, 6.0.7, 6.0.8, 6.0.9, 6.0.10, 6.0.11, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.0.14, 6.0.15, 6.0.16
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 5th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.