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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-w227-xcfx-3pj8
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-w227-xcfx-3pj8
Aliases CVE-2009-0580
Summary Exposure of Sensitive Information in Apache Tomcat Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to improper error checking in the (1) MemoryRealm, (2) DataSourceRealm, and (3) JDBCRealm authentication realms, as demonstrated by a % (percent) value for the j_password parameter.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50930
https://github.com/apache/tomcat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18915
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6628
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9101
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=747840&view=rev
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781379&view=rev
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=781382&view=rev
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01156.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01216.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01246.html
CVE-2009-0580 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0580
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added June 3, 2009
Description Apache Tomcat 6.0.18 - Form Authentication Existing/Non-Existing 'Username' Enumeration
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date June 3, 2009
Exploit type remote
Platform multiple
Source update date April 25, 2014
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35196/info
Data source Metasploit
Description This module enumerates Apache Tomcat's usernames via malformed requests to j_security_check, which can be found in the web administration package. It should work against Tomcat servers 4.1.0 - 4.1.39, 5.5.0 - 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 - 6.0.18. Newer versions no longer have the "admin" package by default. The 'admin' package is no longer provided for Tomcat 6 and later versions.
Note
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Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/tomcat_enum.rb

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