CVE-2001-0590 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apache Software Foundation Tomcat Servlet prior to 3.2.2 allows a remote attacker to read the source code to arbitrary 'jsp' files via a malformed URL request which does not end with an HTTP protocol specification (i.e. HTTP/1.0).

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 48.3% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-x445-mmpw-7r4f	Apache Tomcat Allows Source Disclosure

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.48298.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0031.html
http://www.osvdb.org/5580
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-004
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6971

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Tomcat

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:04.863Z

Reserved: 2001-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0590

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0590

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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