The Realm implementations in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 did not process the supplied password if the supplied user name did not exist. This made a timing attack possible to determine valid user names. Note that the default configuration includes the LockOutRealm which makes exploitation of this vulnerability harder.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat8Upgrade tomcat7Upgrade tomcat6 | Nov 11, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 |
| Apache Tomcat | — | Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 6.0.47Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 8.0.37Upgrade Apache Tomcat to the latest available versionUpgrade Apache Tomcat to 9.0.0Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 7.0.72Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 8.5.5 | Aug 10, 2017 | Aug 10, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-jsvcUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-docs-webapp | Aug 28, 2019 | Aug 10, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade tomcat8Upgrade tomcat7Upgrade tomcat6 | Nov 21, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat7Upgrade tomcat8 | Jan 8, 2017 | Jan 7, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-lib | Jan 18, 2018 | Aug 10, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-api | Jan 18, 2018 | Aug 10, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat/tomcat-examples to version 6.0.47-0.175.3.15.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat to version 6.0.47-0.175.3.15.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-jsvc | Aug 8, 2017 | Oct 27, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsNo solution existsUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-jsvcUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-lib | Aug 3, 2017 | Nov 10, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3_1-apiUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat6-jsp-2_1-apiUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2_2-apiUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat-el-2_2-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-4_0-apiUpgrade tomcat-el-3_0-apiUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2_3-apiUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2_5-apiUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3_0-api | Dec 11, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libtomcat7-javaUpgrade libservlet2.5-javaUpgrade libtomcat6-javaUpgrade libtomcat8-javaUpgrade tomcat7Upgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat8 | Jan 24, 2017 | Nov 10, 2016 |
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