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Authentication Bypass Affecting tomcat-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.69-10.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.8% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATWEBAPPS-4666510
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2016
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Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0714  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-290  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-webapps to version 0:7.0.69-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2599.

NVD Description

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

The session-persistence implementation in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 mishandles session attributes, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and execute arbitrary code in a privileged context via a web application that places a crafted object in a session.

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