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Medium RHSA-2009:1617 3 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: tomcat security update for Red Hat Network Satellite Server

Published Sep 15, 2024 · Updated Nov 22, 2025

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · Network Satellite 5 network_satellite:5.1::el4 tomcat5 0:5.0.30-0jpp_16rh

Vulnerabilities 3

  • 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…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven
  • Medium 4.2
    CVE-2009-0783

    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…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven
  • 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…

    org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven

References

  • article
    http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
  • article
    http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493381
  • 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_1617.json
  • 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-2009-0783
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0783
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0783