MEDIUM
tomcat: insecure partial deploy after failed undeploy
Published Jan 28, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.12%
Description
The autodeployment process in Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.28 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.20, when autoDeploy is enabled, deploys appBase files that remain from a failed undeploy, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended authentication requirements via HTTP requests.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.2
- 5.5.3
- 5.5.4
- 5.5.5
- 5.5.6
- 5.5.7
- 5.5.8
- 5.5.9
- 5.5.10
- 5.5.11
- 5.5.12
- 5.5.13
- 5.5.14
- 5.5.15
- 5.5.16
- 5.5.17
- 5.5.18
- 5.5.19
- 5.5.20
- 5.5.21
- 5.5.22
- 5.5.23
- 5.5.24
- 5.5.25
- 5.5.26
- 5.5.27
- 5.5.28
- 6.0
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.0.6
- 6.0.7
- 6.0.8
- 6.0.9
- 6.0.10
- 6.0.11
- 6.0.12
- 6.0.13
- 6.0.14
- 6.0.15
- 6.0.16
- 6.0.17
- 6.0.18
- 6.0.19
- 6.0.20
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-2901 This issue did not affect Tomcat versions running on Linux or Solaris systems. This issue is fixed in the tomcat5 and tomcat6 packages released with JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.1 for Windows.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.12% 0.08122
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08122
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 8.12% (0.08122) | 94.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.09% (0.08085) | 94.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.55% (0.06552) | 90.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.57% (0.13567) | 90.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.55% (0.06552) | 90.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 69.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00200) | 56.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 92.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 18, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 92.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 17, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 87.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 91.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.34% (0.07344) | 80.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (46)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38316 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38346 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38541 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39317 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43310 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023503 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=892815&view=rev x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=902650&view=rev x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-899-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509151/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37942 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0213 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2901 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=559742 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55856 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjfh-7c4v-7q8h Advisory
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/3e1010b1a2f648581fac3d68afbf18f2979f6bf6
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat55/commit/0299cb724ea71f304d54adfcdb950f59b01fb421
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2901
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2901
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 28, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 20, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2901
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-HJFH-7C4V-7Q8H Updated n/a