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CVE-2006-3835

Apache Tomcat Reveals Directories

5.0 MediumPublic exploitFix available

Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.

Exploit likelihood

48.1%Up 15.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.

Record
CVE-2006-3835
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.

Record
CVE-2006-3835
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-3829 No score

Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.

Record
EUVD-2006-3829
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wfj7-mhr5-pcwq No score

Apache Tomcat Reveals Directories

Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.

Record
GHSA-wfj7-mhr5-pcwq
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-wfj7-mhr5-pcwq No score

Apache Tomcat Reveals Directories

Apache Tomcat 5 before 5.5.17 allows remote attackers to list directories via a semicolon (;) preceding a filename with a mapped extension, as demonstrated by URLs ending with /;index.jsp and /;help.do.

Record
GHSA-wfj7-mhr5-pcwq
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
Maven
5.0.0 up to 5.5.17
5.5.17
jakarta-commons-modeler
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.0-3jpp_2rh
0:2.0-3jpp_2rh
jakarta-commons-modeler-javadoc
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:2.0-3jpp_2rh
0:2.0-3jpp_2rh
tomcat5
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-admin-webapps
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-common-lib
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-jasper
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-jasper-javadoc
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tomcat5-server-lib
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5-webapps
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:2
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.3
tomcat5
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:1
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_5rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_5rh
tomcat5-admin-webapps
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:1
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_5rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_5rh
tomcat5-webapps
Red Hat:rhel_application_server:1
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_5rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_5rh
jakarta-commons-pool
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.0::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.0::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
tyrex
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.0::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
jakarta-commons-pool
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.1::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.1::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
tyrex
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.1::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
jakarta-commons-pool
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
tyrex
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
jakarta-commons-pool
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.0::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.0::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
tyrex
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.0::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
jakarta-commons-pool
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.1::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.1::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
tyrex
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.1::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
jakarta-commons-pool
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
tyrex
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
jakarta-commons-pool
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
0:1.2-2jpp_2rh
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_6rh
tyrex
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
0:1.0.1-2jpp_2rh
jabberd
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn
0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn
java-1.4.2-ibm
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
jfreechart
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:0.9.20-3.rhn
0:0.9.20-3.rhn
openmotif21
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
openmotif21-debuginfo
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
perl-Crypt-CBC
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:2.24-1.el4
0:2.24-1.el4
rhn-apache
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4
0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4
rhn-modjk-ap13
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4
0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4
rhn-modperl
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:1.29-16.rhel4
0:1.29-16.rhel4
rhn-modssl
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4
0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.0:el4
From an advisory covering 35 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
jabberd
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.0s10-3.37.rhn
0:2.0s10-3.37.rhn
java-1.4.2-ibm
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
jfreechart
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:0.9.20-3.rhn
0:0.9.20-3.rhn
openmotif21
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8
0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8
openmotif21-debuginfo
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8
0:2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8
perl-Crypt-CBC
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.24-1.el3
0:2.24-1.el3
rhn-apache
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3
0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3
rhn-modjk-ap13
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel3
0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel3
rhn-modperl
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.29-16.rhel3
0:1.29-16.rhel3
rhn-modssl
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3
0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el3
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
jabberd
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn
0:2.0s10-3.38.rhn
java-1.4.2-ibm
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
jfreechart
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:0.9.20-3.rhn
0:0.9.20-3.rhn
openmotif21
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
openmotif21-debuginfo
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
0:2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6
perl-Crypt-CBC
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.24-1.el4
0:2.24-1.el4
rhn-apache
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4
0:1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4
rhn-modjk-ap13
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4
0:1.2.23-2rhn.rhel4
rhn-modperl
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:1.29-16.rhel4
0:1.29-16.rhel4
rhn-modssl
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4
0:2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4
tomcat5
Red Hat:network_satellite:4.2::el4
From an advisory covering 37 CVEs
before 0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
ant
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.6.5-1jpp_1rh
0:1.6.5-1jpp_1rh
avalon-logkit
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.2-2jpp_4rh
0:1.2-2jpp_4rh
axis
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.2.1-1jpp_3rh
0:1.2.1-1jpp_3rh
classpathx-jaf
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-2jpp_6rh
0:1.0-2jpp_6rh
classpathx-mail
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.1.1-2jpp_8rh
0:1.1.1-2jpp_8rh
geronimo-ejb-2.1-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-j2ee-1.4-apis
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-j2ee-connector-1.5-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-j2ee-deployment-1.1-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-j2ee-management-1.0-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-jms-1.1-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-jsp-2.0-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-jta-1.0.1B-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-servlet-2.4-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-specs
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
geronimo-specs-javadoc
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
jakarta-commons-modeler
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:2.0-3jpp_2rh
0:2.0-3jpp_2rh
log4j
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.2.12-1jpp_1rh
0:1.2.12-1jpp_1rh
mx4j
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 1:3.0.1-1jpp_4rh
1:3.0.1-1jpp_4rh
pcsc-lite
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.3.3-3.el4
0:1.3.3-3.el4
pcsc-lite-debuginfo
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.3.3-3.el4
0:1.3.3-3.el4
pcsc-lite-doc
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.3.3-3.el4
0:1.3.3-3.el4
pcsc-lite-libs
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.3.3-3.el4
0:1.3.3-3.el4
rhpki-ca
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:7.3.0-20.el4
0:7.3.0-20.el4
rhpki-java-tools
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:7.3.0-10.el4
0:7.3.0-10.el4
rhpki-kra
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:7.3.0-14.el4
0:7.3.0-14.el4
rhpki-manage
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:7.3.0-19.el4
0:7.3.0-19.el4
rhpki-native-tools
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:7.3.0-6.el4
0:7.3.0-6.el4
rhpki-ocsp
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:7.3.0-13.el4
0:7.3.0-13.el4
rhpki-tks
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:7.3.0-13.el4
0:7.3.0-13.el4
tomcat5
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
tomcat5-common-lib
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
tomcat5-jasper
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
tomcat5-server-lib
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
xerces-j2
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:2.7.1-1jpp_1rh
0:2.7.1-1jpp_1rh
xml-commons
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.3.02-2jpp_1rh
0:1.3.02-2jpp_1rh
xml-commons-apis
Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3
From an advisory covering 39 CVEs
before 0:1.3.02-2jpp_1rh
0:1.3.02-2jpp_1rh

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Public exploits
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Exploit-DBApache Tomcat 5 - Information Disclosure2006-07-21

History

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affected, facts
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first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2006-3835 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Apache Tomcat, published July 25, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 48.1%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 5.5.17.

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