Improper Access Control The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package shiro  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-SHIRO-664225
  • published20 Sept 2016
  • disclosed20 Sept 2016

Introduced: 20 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6802  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream shiro package and not the shiro package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Apache Shiro before 1.3.2 allows attackers to bypass intended servlet filters and gain access by leveraging use of a non-root servlet context path.