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title: "CVE-2013-4590\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4590?format=md
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# CVE-2013-4590

Publication date 26 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10
allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by leveraging the
presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml,
\*.jspx, \*.tagx, or \*.tld XML document containing an external entity
declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML
External Entity (XXE) issue.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4590?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tomcat6 | 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| tomcat7 | 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4590?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

only occurs when running untrusted content. Patch is intrusive.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| tomcat6 | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1558828> |
| tomcat7 | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1549529> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4590)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4590)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4590)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4590)

### Other references

* <http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html>
* <http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html>
* <http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4590>