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Information Exposure Affecting tomcat5 package, versions <0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-TOMCAT5-9875648
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed4 Jun 2009
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Introduced: 4 Jun 2009

CVE-2009-0783  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 tomcat5 to version 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2009:1562.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat5 package and not the tomcat5 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications, which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target application.

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