Improper Authentication Affecting shiro package, versions <1.3.2-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-SHIRO-561008
  • published24 Mar 2020
  • disclosed25 Mar 2020

Introduced: 24 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-1957  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable shiro to version 1.3.2-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream shiro package and not the shiro package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Apache Shiro before 1.5.2, when using Apache Shiro with Spring dynamic controllers, a specially crafted request may cause an authentication bypass.

References

CVSS Scores

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