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CVE-2013-4590

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Published: Feb 26, 2014 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
1.2 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4590
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain Tomcat internals information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml, *.jspx, *.tagx, or *.tld XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Weakness

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc1 (including)8.0.0-rc1 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc2 (including)8.0.0-rc2 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc3 (including)8.0.0-rc3 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc4 (including)8.0.0-rc4 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc5 (including)8.0.0-rc5 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc6 (including)8.0.0-rc6 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc7 (including)8.0.0-rc7 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc8 (including)8.0.0-rc8 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc9 (including)8.0.0-rc9 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHattomcat6-0:6.0.24-78.el6_5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatantlr-eap6-0:2.7.7-17.redhat_4.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatapache-commons-collections-eap6-0:3.2.1-15.redhat_3.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatapache-commons-daemon-eap6-1:1.0.15-5.redhat_1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatapache-commons-daemon-jsvc-eap6-1:1.0.15-6.redhat_2.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatapache-commons-pool-eap6-0:1.6-7.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatdom4j-eap6-0:1.6.1-20.redhat_6.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatecj3-1:3.7.2-9.redhat_3.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHathibernate4-eap6-0:4.2.14-3.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHathttpd-0:2.2.26-35.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatjavassist-eap6-0:3.18.1-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatjboss-logging-0:3.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatjboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec-0:1.0.1-12.Final_redhat_2.2.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatmod_cluster-0:1.2.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatmod_cluster-native-0:1.2.9-3.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatmod_jk-0:1.2.40-2.redhat_1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatmod_rt-0:2.4.1-6.GA.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatmod_snmp-0:2.4.1-13.GA.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatstoreconfig-tc6-0:0.0.1-7.Alpha3_redhat_12.3.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHatstoreconfig-tc7-0:0.0.1-7.Alpha3_redhat_12.5.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHattomcat6-0:6.0.41-6_patch_02.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHattomcat7-0:7.0.54-6_patch_02.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5RedHattomcat-native-0:1.1.30-2.redhat_1.ep6.el5*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatantlr-eap6-0:2.7.7-17.redhat_4.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-commons-collections-eap6-0:3.2.1-15.redhat_3.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-commons-daemon-eap6-1:1.0.15-5.redhat_1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-commons-daemon-jsvc-eap6-1:1.0.15-6.redhat_2.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-commons-logging-eap6-0:1.1.1-7.9_redhat_1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatapache-commons-pool-eap6-0:1.6-7.redhat_6.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatdom4j-eap6-0:1.6.1-20.redhat_6.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatecj3-1:3.7.2-9.redhat_3.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHathibernate4-eap6-0:4.2.14-3.SP1_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHathttpd-0:2.2.26-35.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatjavassist-eap6-0:3.18.1-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatjboss-logging-0:3.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatjboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec-0:1.0.1-12.Final_redhat_2.2.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatmod_cluster-0:1.2.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatmod_cluster-native-0:1.2.9-3.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatmod_jk-0:1.2.40-2.redhat_1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatmod_rt-0:2.4.1-6.GA.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatmod_snmp-0:2.4.1-13.GA.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatstoreconfig-tc6-0:0.0.1-7.Alpha3_redhat_12.3.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHatstoreconfig-tc7-0:0.0.1-7.Alpha3_redhat_12.5.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat6-0:6.0.41-5_patch_02.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat7-0:7.0.54-6_patch_02.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat-native-0:1.1.30-2.redhat_1.ep6.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1RedHattomcat6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1RedHattomcat7*
Tomcat6Ubuntulucid*
Tomcat6Ubuntuprecise*
Tomcat6Ubuntuprecise/esm*
Tomcat6Ubuntuquantal*
Tomcat6Ubuntusaucy*
Tomcat6Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat7Ubuntuprecise*
Tomcat7Ubuntuquantal*
Tomcat7Ubuntusaucy*
Tomcat7Ubuntuupstream*

Extended Description

There are many different kinds of mistakes that introduce information exposures. The severity of the error can range widely, depending on the context in which the product operates, the type of sensitive information that is revealed, and the benefits it may provide to an attacker. Some kinds of sensitive information include:

Information might be sensitive to different parties, each of which may have their own expectations for whether the information should be protected. These parties include:

Information exposures can occur in different ways:

It is common practice to describe any loss of confidentiality as an “information exposure,” but this can lead to overuse of CWE-200 in CWE mapping. From the CWE perspective, loss of confidentiality is a technical impact that can arise from dozens of different weaknesses, such as insecure file permissions or out-of-bounds read. CWE-200 and its lower-level descendants are intended to cover the mistakes that occur in behaviors that explicitly manage, store, transfer, or cleanse sensitive information.

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

References

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