CVE-2008-5519
The JK Connector (aka mod_jk) 1.2.0 through 1.2.26 in Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an arbitrary request from an HTTP client, in opportunistic circumstances involving (1) a request from a different client that included a Content-Length header but no POST data or (2) a rapid series of requests, related to noncompliance with the AJP protocol's requirements for requests containing Content-Length headers.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 7.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5494)
- Published
- April 9, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5494 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / mod jk
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- apache / tomcat
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References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/200904.mbox/%3C49DBBAC0.2080400%40apache.org%3E
- http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=123913700700879
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29283
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34621(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35537
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022001
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-262468-1
- http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/jk/native/common/jk_ajp_common.c?r1=702387&r2=702540&pathrev=702540&diff_format=h(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/jk/xdocs/miscellaneous/changelog.xml?view=markup&pathrev=702540(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.eu.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=702540(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/miscellaneous/changelog.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1810
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/08/10
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0446.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502530/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34412
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0973
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490201(Vendor Advisory)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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