# CVE-2001-0917: Jakarta Tomcat 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to reveal physical path information by requesting a long URL with a .JSP extension.

- Also known as: GHSA-2W2W-CV3H-RR38
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.2
- Published: 2002-06-25 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven): fixed in 4.0.2

## Description

Jakarta Tomcat 4.0.1 allows remote attackers to reveal physical path information by requesting a long URL with a .JSP extension.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=tomcat-dev&m=100658457507305&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100654722925155&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7599
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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