CVE-2012-3546

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-12-04
Impact:	Important	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.5
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (tomcat5)	ELSA-2013-0640	2013-03-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (tomcat6)	ELSA-2013-0623	2013-03-11