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Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.apache.tomcat:catalina package, versions [6,6.0.36)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.29% (69th percentile)
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NVD
4.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30839
  • published 17 Jun 2014
  • disclosed 19 Dec 2012
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 19 Dec 2012

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Overview

org.apache.tomcat:catalina org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.

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