Title : Apache Tomcat "RemoteFilterValve" Security Bypass Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2793 CVE ID : CVE-2008-3271 CWE ID : CWE-264
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-10-13
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Apache Tomcat, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused by an error when checking IP addresses, which could allow a user from a non-premitted IP address to gain access to a context that is protected with a valve that extends "RemoteFilterValve" including the standard "RemoteAddrValve" and "RemoteHostValve" implementations.
