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CVE-2008-5519

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5519 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the JK Connector (mod_jk) versions 1.2.0 through 1.2.26, affecting Apache Tomcat. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information under specific conditions, such as when a prior request included a Content-Length header without POST data or during a rapid succession of requests, due to non-compliance with AJP protocol requirements. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_jk:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_jk:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_jk:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_jk:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:mod_jk:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0726 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 1,505 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: mod_jk-0:1.2.25-10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.2Fixed in: mod_jk-0:1.2.25-10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHAPS Version 2 for RHEL 4Fixed in: mod_jk-0:1.2.28-1jpp_3rh
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5519Important

mod_jk: session information leak

Oct 28, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/www-announce/200904.mbox/%3C49DBBAC0.2080400%40apache.org%3E
marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29283
secunia.com / advisories/34621
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35537
securitytracker.com / id
lists.apache.org / thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
svn.eu.apache.org / viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/jk/native/common/jk_ajp_common.c
Vendor Advisory
svn.eu.apache.org / viewvc/tomcat/connectors/trunk/jk/xdocs/miscellaneous/changelog.xml
ExploitVendor Advisory
svn.eu.apache.org / viewvc
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / connectors-doc/miscellaneous/changelog.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-jk.html
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1810
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/04/08/10
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0446.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502530/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34412
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0973