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medium 4.3

CVE-2014-0033 json

Improper Input Validation in Apache Tomcat

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-6gjj-c5mj-4cvp , EUVD-2022-2794

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.9%
EPSS 9.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

org/apache/catalina/connector/CoyoteAdapter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.0.33 through 6.0.37 does not consider the disableURLRewriting setting when handling a session ID in a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a crafted URL.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 6.0.38
  • tomcat6 jboss enterprise web server 2 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5
  • tomcat6 jboss enterprise web server 2 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6
  • tomcat6-lib jboss enterprise web server 2 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5
  • tomcat6-lib jboss enterprise web server 2 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6
  • tomcat6-log4j jboss enterprise web server 2 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5
  • tomcat6-log4j jboss enterprise web server 2 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6
  • tomcat6-javadoc jboss enterprise web server 2 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5
  • tomcat6-javadoc jboss enterprise web server 2 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0525

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0033 updated cvss 4.3

tomcat: session fixation still possible with disableURLRewriting enabled

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 Server tomcat6 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat6-lib 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat6-log4j 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.37-19_patch_04.ep6.el5, +4 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server tomcat6 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat6-lib 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat6-log4j 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0525
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0528
  • Red Hat BPM Suite 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tomcat5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-2.1-api, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 tomcat, tomcat-lib, tomcat-jsvc, tomcat-javadoc, tomcat-webapps, tomcat-el-2.2-api, +4 more Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    +7 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 tomcat6, tomcat5 tomcat5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 tomcat7 tomcat7 Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

9.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=6.0.33, <6.0.38
6.0.38

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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