CVE-2009-0580

NameCVE-2009-0580
DescriptionApache 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2207-1
Debian Bugs532362, 532363, 532366

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tomcat6 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tomcat5source(unstable)(unfixed)low532363
tomcat5.5sourcelenny5.5.26-5lenny2DSA-2207-1
tomcat5.5source(unstable)(unfixed)low532366
tomcat6sourcelenny(not affected)
tomcat6source(unstable)6.0.20-1low532362

Notes

[lenny] - tomcat6 <not-affected> (Only ships the servlet package)

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