CVE-2011-3375 — tomcat
Fix: apache/tomcat@9eae334CVE-2011-3375 is a Information Exposure vulnerability in org.apache.tomcat:tomcat. A fix is available for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Apache Tomcat Exposes IP Addresses and HTTP Headers of Requests
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat☕org.apache.tomcat:tomcatReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Apache Tomcat 6.0.30 through 6.0.33 and 7.x before 7.0.22 does not properly perform certain caching and recycling operations involving request objects, which allows remote attackers to obtain unintended read access to IP address and HTTP header information in opportunistic circumstances by reading TCP data.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | ≥ 6.0.30&&< 6.0.35 | 6.0.35org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:6.0.35 |
| ☕Maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | ≥ 7.0&&< 7.0.22 | 7.0.22org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:7.0.22 |
Affected Products
tomcatapacheDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to 6.0.35 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2011-3375 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 | tomcat6-0:6.0.32-24_patch_07.ep5.el5 | RHSA-2012:0682 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 | see advisory | RHSA-2012:0681 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2011-3375 in your dependencies?
Find it across Maven, including transitive dependencies.