Access Restriction Bypass Affecting tomcat6-javadoc package, versions <0:6.0.24-52.el6_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-TOMCAT6JAVADOC-1455620
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Dec 2012

Introduced: 4 Dec 2012

CVE-2012-3546  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 tomcat6-javadoc to version 0:6.0.24-52.el6_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0623.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat6-javadoc package and not the tomcat6-javadoc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.

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