Apache Tomcat Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2005-4836)

Description

The HTTP/1.1 connector in Apache Tomcat 4.1.15 through 4.1.40 does not reject NULL bytes in a URL when allowLinking is configured, which allows remote attackers to read JSP source files and obtain sensitive information.

Remediation

References

CVE-2005-4836

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2005-4836 CWE-200