Session Fixation Affecting jws5-tomcat package, versions <0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JWS5TOMCAT-4403409
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Dec 2019

Introduced: 18 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-17563  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-384  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 jws5-tomcat to version 0:9.0.30-3.redhat_4.1.el8jws or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1520.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jws5-tomcat package and not the jws5-tomcat package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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.

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