apache/tomcat · Security

Exposure of Sensitive Information in Apache Tomcat

GHSA ID
GHSA-w227-xcfx-3pj8
CVE ID
CVE-2009-0580
Severity
medium
Published
Updated

Description

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.

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