Improper Access Control The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package shiro (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published7 Jun 2016
- disclosed7 Jun 2016
Introduced: 7 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-4437 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.
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 1.2.5, when a cipher key has not been configured for the "remember me" feature, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or bypass intended access restrictions via an unspecified request parameter.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4437
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ef3a800c7d727a00e04b78e2f06c5cd8960f09ca28c9b69d94c3c4c4@%3Cannouncements.aurora.apache.org%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538570/100/0/threaded
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4437
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137310/Apache-Shiro-1.2.4-Information-Disclosure.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157497/Apache-Shiro-1.2.4-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91024
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ef3a800c7d727a00e04b78e2f06c5cd8960f09ca28c9b69d94c3c4c4%40%3Cannouncements.aurora.apache.org%3E
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48410
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-4437.yaml