Information Exposure Affecting tomcat6-javadoc package, versions <0:6.0.24-35.el6_1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-TOMCAT6JAVADOC-1434268
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jun 2011

Introduced: 27 Jun 2011

CVE-2011-2204  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 tomcat6-javadoc to version 0:6.0.24-35.el6_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:1780.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat6-javadoc package and not the tomcat6-javadoc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.17, when the MemoryUserDatabase is used, creates log entries containing passwords upon encountering errors in JMX user creation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.

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