CVE-2009-0783
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2009-0783 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.2 (RHEL v.4 AS) (tomcat5) | RHSA-2009:1616 | 2009-11-30 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) (tomcat5) | RHSA-2009:1617 | 2009-11-30 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.4) (tomcat5) | RHSA-2009:1616 | 2009-11-30 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 AS | RHSA-2009:1146 | 2009-07-06 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0 for RHEL 4 AS | RHSA-2009:1144 | 2009-07-06 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 5 Server | RHSA-2009:1145 | 2009-07-06 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2.0 for RHEL 5 Server | RHSA-2009:1143 | 2009-07-06 |
| Red Hat Developer Suite v.3 (AS v.4) (tomcat5) | RHSA-2009:1563 | 2009-11-09 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server (tomcat5) | RHSA-2009:1454 | 2009-09-21 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS (tomcat5) | RHSA-2009:1454 | 2009-09-21 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 for RHEL 4 AS (tomcat6) | RHSA-2009:1506 | 2009-10-14 |
| Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS (tomcat5) | RHSA-2009:1562 | 2009-11-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (tomcat5) | RHSA-2009:1164 | 2009-07-21 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server (tomcat6) | RHSA-2009:1506 | 2009-10-14 |
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