Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, and 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, when the Java AJP connector and mod_jk load balancing are used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) via a crafted request with invalid headers, related to temporary blocking of connectors that have encountered errors, as demonstrated by an error involving a malformed HTTP Host header.
CVE-2009-0033
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 5.0 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 10.1% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 5.0MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 5.0(low)
- EG Risk
- 43(Track)EG Risk 43/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity50% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 10%
- EPSS %ILE
- 95%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 5, 2009
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (94)
- secalert@redhathttp://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN87272440/index.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127420533226623&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129070310906557&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35326
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35344
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35788
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37460
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/42368
- secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1022331
- secalert@redhathttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-263529-1
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2009-0033(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | tomcat6-examples (6.0.18-0ubuntu6.1) @ jaunty | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | xml-commons-0:1.3.02-2jpp_1rh | 2010-08-04 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_18rh | 2009-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_16rh | 2009-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16 | 2009-11-09 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat6-0:6.0.18-12.0.ep5.el5 | 2009-10-14 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.9.6.ep5.el5 | 2009-09-21 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.7.el5_3.2 | 2009-07-21 | redhat |
| maven | org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | — | ghsa |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | — | — | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1164IMPORTANT2009-06-03
RHSA-2009:1164 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1454IMPORTANT2009-06-03
RHSA-2009:1454 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1506IMPORTANT2009-06-03
RHSA-2009:1506 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1562IMPORTANT2009-06-03
RHSA-2009:1562 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1563IMPORTANT2009-06-03
RHSA-2009:1563 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1616IMPORTANT2009-06-03
RHSA-2009:1616 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1617IMPORTANT2009-06-03
RHSA-2009:1617 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-788-1MEDIUM
Tomcat vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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