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 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3259)
- Published
- October 13, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3259 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN30732239/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000069.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32213(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32234(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32398(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35684
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4396
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200806e.html
- http://www.nec.co.jp/security-info/secinfo/nv09-006.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497220/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31698
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021039
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2793
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2800
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1818
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45791
- https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25835
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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