CVE-2013-4590

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Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals"

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml, .jspx, .tagx, or *.tld XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00922

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Affected Products & Versions

apache tomcatall versions
debian linuxall versions
apache tomcat<= 6.0.37

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

Maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat MODERATE fixed in 6.0.39

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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productmediumTomcat WebServer Logs Deleted

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published to NVD26 Feb 2014 · 02:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2014:1088Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:1087Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:1086Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2014:1038Low

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2Mailing List

http://secunia.com/advisories/59036Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/59722Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/59724Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/59873Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

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http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549528Issue Tracking

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1549529Issue Tracking

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1558828Issue Tracking

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlVendor Advisory

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21667883Third Party Advisory

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675886Third Party Advisory

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21677147Third Party Advisory

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:052Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:084Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65768Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069911Issue Tracking

https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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