CVE-2008-3271 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3271?

CVE-2008-3271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, published on 13 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3271?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Tomcat.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3271?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-3271 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3271 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5jpg-mjvg-hfhp.