CVE-2011-2481 Information

Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.17 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web applications which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml (2) context.xml or (3) tld files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0783 regression.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025924 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1137753 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1138788 http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49147 https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51395