CVE-2011-2526
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD
Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.19, when sendfile is enabled for the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connector, does not validate certain request attributes, which allows local users to bypass intended file access restrictions or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or JVM crash) by leveraging an untrusted web application.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.7% (53th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3373)
- Published
- July 14, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3373 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
- apache / tomcat
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References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/73797
- http://osvdb.org/73798
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45232
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48308
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145383(Patch)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145571(Patch)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1145694(Patch)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1146005(Patch)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2401
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:156
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518889/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48667
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025788
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=720948(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68541
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14573
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19514
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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