53381 : Apache Tomcat JK Connector Content-Length Header Cross-user Information Disclosure
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Disclosure Date
2008-10-28

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5519" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The JK Connector (aka mod_jk) 1.2.0 through 1.2.26 in Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an arbitrary request from an HTTP client, in opportunistic circumstances involving (1) a request from a different client that included a Content-Length header but no POST data or (2) a rapid series of requests, related to noncompliance with the AJP protocol's requirements for requests containing Content-Length headers.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.27 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1022001
CVE ID: 2008-5519 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 29283 34621 35384 35537 35634 37307 37547 38152
Bugtraq ID: 34412
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-04/0065.html
http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=123913700700879
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2009/msg00122.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=702540&view=rev
http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/jk/native/common/jk_ajp_common.c?r1=702387&r2=702540&pathrev=702540&diff_format=h
http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/jk/xdocs/miscellaneous/changelog.xml?view=markup&pathrev=702540
http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=702540
http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/miscellaneous/changelog.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490201
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00002.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200906-04.xml
Other Advisory URL: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/200904.mbox/%[email protected]%3E
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-262468-1
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1087.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1618.html

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Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-04-09 | Disagree?

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