CVE-2013-0346

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2013-02-22
Bugzilla:
924841: CVE-2013-0346 tomcat: World-readable log directory

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

** DISPUTED ** Apache Tomcat 7.x uses world-readable permissions for the log directory and its files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a file. NOTE: One Tomcat distributor has stated "The tomcat log directory does not contain any sensitive information."

Find out more about CVE-2013-0346 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat does not regard this to be a security flaw. The tomcat log directory does not contain any sensitive information, and when sensitive information has been written to log files, this has been considered a security flaw in tomcat (e.g. CVE-2011-2204). This issue was reported to the Apache Tomcat project, and they have not considered it a flaw in any published security advisories.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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