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title: "CVE-2011-1183\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-1183

Publication date 8 April 2011

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Apache Tomcat 7.0.11, when web.xml has no login configuration, does not
follow security constraints, which allows remote attackers to bypass
intended access restrictions via HTTP requests to a meta-data complete web
application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix
for CVE-2011-1088 and CVE-2011-1419.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tomcat6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1183)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1183)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-1183)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1183)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1183>