The JK Connector (aka mod_jk) 1.2.0 through 1.2.26 in Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an…

Description

The JK Connector (aka mod_jk) 1.2.0 through 1.2.26 in Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an arbitrary request from an HTTP client, in opportunistic circumstances involving (1) a request from a different client that included a Content-Length header but no POST data or (2) a rapid series of requests, related to noncompliance with the AJP protocol's requirements for requests containing Content-Length headers.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (26)

• ADV-2009-0973 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/miscellaneous/changelog.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34621 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 1022001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 34412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20090408 CVE-2008-5519: mod_jk session information leak vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/jk/native/common/jk_ajp_common.c?r1=702387&r2=702540&pathrev=702540&diff_format=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0446 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [www-announce] 20090407 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-5519: Apache Tomcat mod_jk information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=702540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20090407 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-5519: Apache Tomcat mod_jk information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20090407 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-5519: Apache Tomcat mod_jk information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490201 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29283 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 35537 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1810 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 262468 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/jk/xdocs/miscellaneous/changelog.xml?view=markup&pathrev=702540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [26/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [25/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [18/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [20/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [26/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [30/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:56 UTC.