Improper Input Validation Affecting org.apache.tomcat:catalina package, versions [6.0.33, 6.0.38)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30846
  • published6 Jun 2014
  • disclosed26 Feb 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-0033  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:catalina to version 6.0.38 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The org/apache/catalina/connector/CoyoteAdapter.java in Apache Tomcat 6.0.33 through 6.0.37 does not consider the disableURLRewriting setting when handling a session ID in a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct session fixation attacks via a crafted URL.

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