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CVE-2008-4308
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…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-7g59-hm8v-cwmc (opens in a new tab)
References
10
- JVN#66905322 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- JVNDB-2009-000010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40771 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34057 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20090225 [SECURITY] CVE-2008-4308: Tomcat information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 33913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-2992 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7g59-hm8v-cwmc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-4308)Record last updated .