Session Fixation Affecting tomcat-admin-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.76-11.el7_6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.45% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATADMINWEBAPPS-4933945
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 18 Dec 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-admin-webapps to version 0:7.0.76-11.el7_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0882.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-admin-webapps package and not the tomcat-admin-webapps package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has been treated as a security vulnerability.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high
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SUSE

3.4 low