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CVE-2011-2526

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
14/07/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connector, does not validate certain request attributes, which allows local users to bypass intended file access restrictions or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or JVM crash) by leveraging an untrusted web application.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:5.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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