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Authentication Bypass Affecting org.apache.tomcat:catalina package, versions [,6.0.24)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.2% (58th percentile)
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4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-467408
  • published 20 Aug 2019
  • disclosed 28 Jan 2010
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 28 Jan 2010

CVE-2009-2901 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-264 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:catalina to version 6.0.24 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. By default, Tomcat automatically deploys any directories placed in ahost's appBase. This behaviour is controlled by the autoDeploy attributeofwhich defaults to true. Depending on circumstances, files normally protected by one or more security constraints may be deployed without those security constraints, making them accessible without authentication.

Note: This issue only affects Windows platforms.This was fixed in revision 892815.