CVE-2008-3271
Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.31 allows remote attackers to bypass an IP address restriction and obtain sensitive information…
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- redhat
Description
Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.31 allows remote attackers to bypass an IP address restriction and obtain sensitive information via a request that is processed concurrently with another request but in a different thread, leading to an instance-variable overwrite associated with a "synchronization problem" and lack of thread safety, and related to RemoteFilterValve, RemoteAddrValve, and RemoteHostValve.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (23)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200806e.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.nec.co.jp/security-info/secinfo/nv09-006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2800 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32234 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20081009 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-3271 - Apache Tomcat information disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 32398 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25835 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1818 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 4396 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 31698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 35684 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1021039 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- apache-tomcat-valve-security-bypass(45791) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- JVN#30732239 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- JVNDB-2008-000069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- 32213 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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