Explain CVE-2009-0580
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9101', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9101'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18915', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18915'}, {'name': 'HPSBMA02535', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2'}, {'name': '35326', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35326'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2009:138', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:138'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2009-11356', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 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CVE State: PUBLISHED