Improper Input Validation Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina package, versions [10.0.0-M1,10.0.6)[9.0.0.M1,9.0.46)[8.5.0,8.5.66)[7.0.0,7.0.109)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-1316666
  • published13 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Jul 2021
  • credit@ilja.farber

Introduced: 13 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-30640  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to version 10.0.6, 9.0.46, 8.5.66, 7.0.109 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina is a Tomcat Servlet Engine Core Classes and Standard implementations.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Queries made by the JNDI Realm did not always correctly escape parameters. Parameter values could be sourced from user provided data (e.g., user names) as well as configuration data provided by an administrator. In limited circumstances it was possible for users to authenticate using variations of their user name and/or to bypass some of the protection provided by the LockOut Realm.

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