org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Tomcat | — | Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 6.0.36Upgrade Apache Tomcat to the latest available versionUpgrade Apache Tomcat to 7.0.30 | Dec 19, 2012 | Dec 19, 2012 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-apiUpgrade tomcat5-jasperUpgrade tomcat5-webappsUpgrade tomcat5Upgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-el-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat5-jasper-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-apiUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-server-libUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2.5-apiUpgrade tomcat5-common-libUpgrade tomcat5-admin-webapps | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 19, 2012 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat7 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-servers/tomcat. | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 19, 2012 |
| Hpux | — | Update hpuxws22APCH32.AUTH_LDAP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.PHP to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.PHP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_JK2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_PERL to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.APACHE2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.WEBPROXY to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.APACHE to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22TOMCAT.TOMCAT to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.WEBPROXY2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.AUTH_LDAP2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_PERL2 to the latest versionUpdate hpuxws22APCH32.MOD_JK to the latest version | Aug 11, 2017 | Dec 19, 2012 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat/tomcat-examples to version 6.0.36-0.175.1.4.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.1Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat to version 6.0.36-0.175.1.4.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.1 | May 29, 2017 | Dec 19, 2012 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-el-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2.5-apiUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2.1-apiUpgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadocUpgrade tomcat5-common-libUpgrade tomcat5-servlet-2.4-apiUpgrade tomcat5-jsp-2.0-apiUpgrade tomcat5-jasperUpgrade tomcat5-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat5-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat5-server-libUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat5Upgrade tomcat5-jasper-javadoc | Oct 16, 2024 | Dec 19, 2012 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | Upgrade Red Hat JBoss EAP to the latest version | Sep 19, 2024 | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tomcat6-servlet-2_5-apiUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2_1-apiUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat6-webapps | Jul 17, 2014 | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libtomcat7-javaUpgrade libtomcat6-java | Nov 8, 2024 | Dec 19, 2012 |
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