Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tomcat5 package, versions <0:5.0.30-0jpp_12rh


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.81% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-TOMCAT5-9878353
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed9 Oct 2008

Introduced: 9 Oct 2008

CVE-2008-3271  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 tomcat5 to version 0:5.0.30-0jpp_12rh or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:1007.

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 5.5.0 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.31 allows remote attackers to bypass an IP address restriction and obtain sensitive information via a request that is processed concurrently with another request but in a different thread, leading to an instance-variable overwrite associated with a "synchronization problem" and lack of thread safety, and related to RemoteFilterValve, RemoteAddrValve, and RemoteHostValve.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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