Improper Authentication Affecting tomcat package, versions [,2.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOMCAT-2382280
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Sept 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Sep 2007

CVE-2007-5085  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tomcat to version 2.0.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. Unspecified vulnerability in the management EJB (MEJB) in Apache Geronimo before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain "access to Geronimo internals" via unspecified vectors.

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