CVE-2002-0493 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings if errors are encountered while reading the web.xml file, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apache	Tomcat

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101709002410365&w=2
http://www.apachelabs.org/tomcat-dev/200108.mbox/%3C20010810000819.6350.qmail%40icarus.apache.org%3E
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9863.php
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.507Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0493

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:39:13.323

Link: CVE-2002-0493

Redhat

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