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CVE-2012-3546

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Date: December 19, 2012

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.

Language: Java

Severity Score

3.7

Related Resources (49)

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0162.html

Url: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0044.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1377892

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0642.html

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0164.html

Url: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk@1377892

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0641.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56812

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3546

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/57126

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0158.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0005.html

Url: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19305

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/52054

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136612293908376&w=2

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3546

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0147.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/51984

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0163.html

Url: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/f78c0cdfc8a3c2efdfe6df6b69e5e3daafa3f588

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0146.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1685-1

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0623.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0004.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0157.html

Url: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0640.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0151.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0235.html

Url: https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03748878

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java?r1=1377892&r2=1377891&pathrev=1377892

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027833

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html

Url: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?r1=1377892&r2=1377891&pathrev=1377892

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-3546

Severity Score

3.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Authentication Issues

CWE-287

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version org.apache.tomcat:catalina:6.0.36,org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:7.0.30,org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:7.0.30

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	3.7
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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