CVE-2010-1157

Publication date 23 April 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.26 might allow remote attackers to discover the server’s hostname or IP address by sending a request for a resource that requires (1) BASIC or (2) DIGEST authentication, and then reading the realm field in the WWW-Authenticate header in the reply.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
tomcat5 10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
tomcat5.5 10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Ignored
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
tomcat6 10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
9.10 karmic Ignored
9.04 jaunty Ignored
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

upstream patch changes the default realm name. This may have too great an impact of existing installations to be worthwhile backporting. Ignoring.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
tomcat5.5
tomcat6