CVE-2011-5064
DigestAuthenticator.java in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.12 uses Catalina as the hard-coded server secret (aka private key), which makes it easier for…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
DigestAuthenticator.java in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.12 uses Catalina as the hard-coded server secret (aka private key), which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1184.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 6.33% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- apache/tomcat
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00006.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1087655Patch
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1158180Patch
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1159309Patch
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2401
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1845.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00006.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.