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Apache Tomcat: Low: Authentication weakness (CVE-2021-30640)

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Apache Tomcat: Low: Authentication weakness (CVE-2021-30640)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/13/2021
Created
07/14/2021
Added
07/13/2021
Modified
11/26/2021

Description

A vulnerability in the JNDI Realm of Apache Tomcat allows an attacker to authenticate using variations of a valid user name and/or to bypass some of the protection provided by the LockOut Realm. This issue affects Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.5; 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.45; 8.5.0 to 8.5.65.

Solution(s)

  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-10_0_6
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-7_0_109
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_5_66
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-9_0_46

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