CVE-2011-1183 (GCVE-0-2011-1183)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-04-08 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:21
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Summary
Apache Tomcat 7.0.11, when web.xml has no login configuration, does not follow security constraints, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via HTTP requests to a meta-data complete web application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1088 and CVE-2011-1419.
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