CVE-2012-3546
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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 11.97% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- apache/tomcat
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136612293908376&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0146.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0147.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0151.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0157.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0158.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0162.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0163.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0164.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0235.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0623.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0640.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0641.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0642.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.