| Name | CVE-2009-0580 |
| Description | Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via requests to /j_security_check with malformed URL encoding of passwords, related to improper error checking in the (1) MemoryRealm, (2) DataSourceRealm, and (3) JDBCRealm authentication realms, as demonstrated by a % (percent) value for the j_password parameter. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2207-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 532362, 532363, 532366 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomcat5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | 532363 | |
| tomcat5.5 | source | lenny | 5.5.26-5lenny2 | DSA-2207-1 | ||
| tomcat5.5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | 532366 | |
| tomcat6 | source | lenny | (not affected) | |||
| tomcat6 | source | (unstable) | 6.0.20-1 | low | 532362 |
[lenny] - tomcat6 <not-affected> (Only ships the servlet package)