CVE-2007-4548
The login method in LoginModule implementations in Apache Geronimo 2.0 does not throw FailedLoginException for failed logins, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements, deploy arbitrary modules, and gain administrative access…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The login method in LoginModule implementations in Apache Geronimo 2.0 does not throw FailedLoginException for failed logins, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements, deploy arbitrary modules, and gain administrative access by sending a blank username and password with the command line deployer in the deployment module.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.19% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- apache/geronimo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/08/13/apache-geronimo-v20-release-delayed-due-to-security-issue.html
- http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/08/21/apache-geronimo-201-released.html
- http://www.nabble.com/Geronimo-2.0-Release-suspended-due-to-security-issue-found-before-release-t4263667s134.html
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-1201
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3404Patch
- http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/08/13/apache-geronimo-v20-release-delayed-due-to-security-issue.html
- http://geronimo.apache.org/2007/08/21/apache-geronimo-201-released.html
- http://www.nabble.com/Geronimo-2.0-Release-suspended-due-to-security-issue-found-before-release-t4263667s134.html
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-1201
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3404Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.