Improper Authentication Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [7.0.0,7.0.33)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.18% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-30977
  • published 8 Jun 2014
  • disclosed 1 Jun 2013
  • credit Unknown

Overview

org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java in the form authentication feature in Apache Tomcat 6.0.21 through 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.33 does not properly handle the relationships between authentication requirements and sessions, which allows remote attackers to inject a request into a session by sending this request during completion of the login form, a variant of a session fixation attack.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

6.3 medium
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Red Hat

3.7 low