Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.26 might allow remote attackers to discover the server's hostname or IP address…

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.26 might allow remote attackers to discover the server's hostname or IP address by sending a request for a resource that requires (1) BASIC or (2) DIGEST authentication, and then reading the realm field in the WWW-Authenticate header in the reply.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

52.5% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (5 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

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-w6q7-ww2x-7gm3 (opens in a new tab)

References (32)

• 20100421 [SECURITY] CVE-2010-1157: Apache Tomcat information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• DSA-2207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=936540 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• HPSBUX02860 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2010-3056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 43310 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 39574 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• HPSBOV02762 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2010:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 42368 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0897 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2010-0980 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19492 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 57126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=936541 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 39635 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:0896 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• HPSBUX02579 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• HPSBST02955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /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 Advisory GHSA-w6q7-ww2x-7gm3 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 01:14 UTC.