CVE-2003-0043

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file.

Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a, when used with JDK 1.3.1 or earlier, uses trusted privileges when processing the web.xml file, which could allow remote attackers to read portions of some files through the web.xml file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat

First reported 22 years ago

2003-02-07 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:30:00

Affected Software

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.0

3.0

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.1

3.1

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.1.1

3.1.1

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.2

3.2

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.2.1

3.2.1

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.2.3

3.2.3

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.2.4

3.2.4

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.3

3.3

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 3.3.1

3.3.1

References

http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/

Vendor Advisory

http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt

Vendor Advisory

N-060

DSA-246

HPSBUX0303-249

6722

tomcat-webxml-read-files(11195)

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