CVE-2008-3271: apache tomcat
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-3271 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 4.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 13-10-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.31 allows remote attackers to bypass an IP address restriction and obtain sensitive information via a request that is processed concurrently with another request but in a different thread, leading to an instance-variable overwrite associated with a "synchronization problem" and lack of thread safety, and related to RemoteFilterValve, RemoteAddrValve, and RemoteHostValve.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.81%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.81% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Apache1 product
- tomcatEOL4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.3:beta | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.8 | 4.1.9 | 4.1.10 | 4.1.11 | 4.1.12 | 4.1.13 | 4.1.14 | 4.1.15 | 4.1.16 | 4.1.17 | 4.1.18 | 4.1.19 | 4.1.20 | 4.1.21 | 4.1.22 | 4.1.23 | 4.1.24 | 4.1.25 | 4.1.26 | 4.1.27 | 4.1.28 | 4.1.29 | 4.1.30 | 4.1.31 | 5.5.0
1 vendor · 1 product
References
23 links- www.nec.co.jp/security-info/secinfo/nv09-006.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25835X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 23 references
- tomcat.apache.org/security-5.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM