CVE-2010-1157 EXPLOIT
2.6
LOW · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 52.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 2.6 (LOW, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 52.51% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-200 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-04-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | tomcat |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 < 5.5.29 / 6.0.0 < 6.0.26 - Information Disclosure | 2010-04-22 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39574
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43310
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=936540
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=936541
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2207
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:177
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0896.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0897.html
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