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CVE-2008-3271

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3271 describes a vulnerability in Apache Tomcat versions 5.5.0 and 4.1.0 through 4.1.31, allowing remote attackers to bypass IP address restrictions and access sensitive information. This is due to a synchronization problem where concurrent requests in different threads can lead to an instance-variable overwrite in RemoteFilterValve, RemoteAddrValve, and RemoteHostValve. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity) with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a potential impact of information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.1.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0481 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.0Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_12rh
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_12rh
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3271Low

tomcat RemoteFilterValve Information disclosure

Oct 9, 2008

References

jvndb.jvn.jp / en/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000069.html
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN30732239/index.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
secunia.com / advisories/32213
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32234
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32398
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35684
securityreason.com / securityalert/4396
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45791
issues.apache.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
lists.apache.org / thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
tomcat.apache.org / security-4.html
Vendor Advisory
tomcat.apache.org / security-5.html
fujitsu.com / global/support/software/security/products-f/interstage-200806e.html
nec.co.jp / security-info/secinfo/nv09-006.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497220/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31698
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2793
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2800
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1818