CVE-2008-3271 (GCVE-0-2008-3271)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:28
VLAI
Summary
Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.31 allows remote attackers to bypass an IP address restriction and obtain sensitive information via a request that is processed concurrently with another request but in a different thread, leading to an instance-variable overwrite associated with a "synchronization problem" and lack of thread safety, and related to RemoteFilterValve, RemoteAddrValve, and RemoteHostValve.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1130 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2800 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32398 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1818 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4396 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31698 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf2… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2008-10-09 00:00
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