bugtraq - CVE-2008-0002: Tomcat information disclosure vulnerability

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Message-ID: <47ACD699.5050306@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:24:25 +0000
From: Mark Thomas <markt@...che.org>
To: Tomcat Users List <users@...cat.apache.org>,
	Tomcat Developers List <dev@...cat.apache.org>,
	bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Cc: Apache Tomcat private security list <security@...cat.apache.org>
Subject: CVE-2008-0002: Tomcat information disclosure vulnerability

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CVE-2008-0002: Tomcat information disclosure vulnerability

Severity: important

Vendor:
The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Tomcat 6.0.5 to 6.0.15

Description:
If an exception occurs during the processing of parameters (eg if the
client disconnects) then it is possible that the parameters submitted for
that request will be incorrectly processed as part of a following request.

Mitigation:
6.0.x users should upgrade to 6.0.16 or later.

Example:
See description.

Credit:
This issue was discovered by Chitrapandian N of AdventNet Inc.

References:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

The Apache Tomcat Security Team
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