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Improper Access Control in Apache Tomcat

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.36
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.36
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.30

Patched versions

5.5.36
6.0.36
7.0.30

Description

The replay-countermeasure functionality in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.36, 6.x before 6.0.36, and 7.x before 7.0.30 tracks cnonce (aka client nonce) values instead of nonce (aka server nonce) and nc (aka nonce-count) values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sniffing the network for valid requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1184.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 17, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 12, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.170%
(55th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-5885

GHSA ID

GHSA-99rf-92v6-cwx4

Source code

No known source code
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