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

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.18% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-30977
  • published8 Jun 2014
  • disclosed1 Jun 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Jun 2013

CVE-2013-2067  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

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.

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