Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote package, versions [7.0.0,7.0.20]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.23% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30924
  • published 10 Jun 2015
  • disclosed 31 Aug 2011
  • credit Unknown

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote Certain AJP protocol connector implementations in Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.20, 6.0.0 through 6.0.33, 5.5.0 through 5.5.33, and possibly other versions allow remote attackers to spoof AJP requests, bypass authentication, and obtain sensitive information by causing the connector to interpret a request body as a new request.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

7.3 high
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Red Hat

5.4 medium