01 Record
CVE-2009-2901
The autodeployment process in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, when autoDeploy is enabled, deploys appBase files that remain from a failed undeploy, which might allow
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The autodeployment process in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, when autoDeploy is enabled, deploys appBase files that remain from a failed undeploy, which might allow
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-01-28 20:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2453ef9852e64ef24b0ef4d7bb80be01e7126fae08eb179304803d3ffd8e046a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com37942http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37942
- www.securityfocus.com20100124 [SECURITY] CVE-2009-2901 Apache Tomcat insecure partial deploy after failed undeployhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509151/100/0/threaded
- marc.infoHPSBMA02535http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev
- secunia.com39317http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1700http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:177http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177
- secunia.com43310http://secunia.com/advisories/43310
- securitytracker.com1023503http://securitytracker.com/id?1023503
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- marc.infoHPSBOV02762http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- secunia.com38541http://secunia.com/advisories/38541
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:176http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- secunia.com57126http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
- ubuntu.comUSN-899-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0147http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
- secunia.com38346http://secunia.com/advisories/38346
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtomcat-autodeploy-security-bypass(55856)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55856
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- secunia.com38316http://secunia.com/advisories/38316
- www.securityfocus.com20110211 VMSA-2011-0003 Third party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESXhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0213http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213
- marc.infoHPSBST02955http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1701http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [22/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [20/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [22/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [25/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E