Improper Authentication Affecting tomcat package, versions [,5.5.36)[6.0.0, 6.0.36)[7.0.0, 7.0.30)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TOMCAT-2382338
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Nov 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-5887  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tomcat to version 5.5.36, 6.0.36, 7.0.30 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication. The HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.36, 6.x before 6.0.36, and 7.x before 7.0.30 does not properly check for stale nonce values in conjunction with enforcement of proper credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sniffing the network for valid requests.

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