ghsa-jgm2-m5cg-f66g
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 00:59
Modified
2022-07-13 21:29
Summary
Authentication Bypass in Apache Tomcat
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "name": "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.0.30"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-3546"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-287"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-07-13T21:29:14Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-12-19T11:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-jgm2-m5cg-f66g",
  "modified": "2022-07-13T21:29:14Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T00:59:04Z",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk@1377892"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html"
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      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=136612293908376\u0026w=2"
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      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=139344343412337\u0026w=2"
    },
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      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0004.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0163.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0164.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html"
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    },
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      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0235.html"
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      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0642.html"
    },
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    },
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    },
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Authentication Bypass in Apache Tomcat"
}


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