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Medium RHSA-2009:1454 5 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat5 security update

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Nov 22, 2025

Fixed packages 22

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-admin-webapps 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-common-lib 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-jasper 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-jasper-javadoc 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-server-lib 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el4 tomcat5-webapps 0:5.5.23-1.patch07.19.ep5.el4
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-admin-webapps 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-common-lib 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-jasper 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-jasper-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-server-lib 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5
Red Hat · JBoss Web Server 1 jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 tomcat5-webapps 0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5

Vulnerabilities 5

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2008-5515 EPSS 19%

    Directory Traversal in Apache Tomcat

    Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, and possibly earlier versions normalizes the target pathname before filtering the query string when using the RequestDispatcher method, which allows remote attackers to bypass int…

  • Medium 4.2

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat

    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…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2007-5333 Public exploit EPSS 63%

    Exposure of Sensitive Information in Apache Tomcat

    Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2009-0033 EPSS 10%

    Apache Tomcat Denial of Service via Malformed Request Headers

    Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when the Java AJP connector and mod_jk load balancing are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) via a crafted request with invalid he…

  • Medium —
    CVE-2009-0580 Public exploit EPSS 94%

    Exposure of Sensitive Information in Apache Tomcat

    Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to i…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • article
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=427766
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493381
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503978
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504153
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504753
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2009/rhsa-2009_1454.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5333
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5333
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5333
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5515
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5515
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5515
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0033
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0033
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0033
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0580
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0580
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0580
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0783
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0783
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0783