vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-4251-1 (CVE-2019-17563): Tomcat vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 23, 2019
Added
Jan 28, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has been treated as a security vulnerability.

Solutions

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