Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings

HOCH 7.5CVE-2002-0493 · GHSA-p543-jg43-9pm5 · Published 12/08/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

Kurz gesagt

CVE-2002-0493 ist eine Schwachstelle (HOCH (CVSS 7.5)) in org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, tomcat (apache).
Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Ausnutzung in den nächsten 30 Tagen (EPSS): 3.8%, höher als bei 90.0% aller Schwachstellen.
Abhilfe: auf 4.0b7 oder neuer aktualisieren.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Maven	`< 4.0b7`	`4.0b7`
tomcat apache	`≤ 3.3.2`	No fix yet

Description

Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings if errors are encountered while reading the web.xml file, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

NVD description

Apache Tomcat may be started without proper security settings if errors are encountered while reading the web.xml file, which could allow attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

References

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