CVE-2008-4308

Public Exploit

Description

The doRead method in Apache Tomcat 4.1.32 through 4.1.34 and 5.5.10 through 5.5.20 does not return a -1 to indicate when a certain error condition has occurred, which can cause Tomcat to send POST content from one request to a different request.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.58% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN66905322/index.html third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0541 vdb entry patch
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2009/JVNDB-2009-000010.html third party advisory
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40771 exploit vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34057 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501250 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33913 vdb entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4308?
CVE-2008-4308 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4308?
To fix CVE-2008-4308, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4308 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4308 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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