CVE-2012-5886 (GCVE-0-2012-5886)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-17 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21
VLAI?
Summary
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 caches information about the authenticated user within the session state, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via vectors related to the session ID.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/51371 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revisi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0631.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0640.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1637-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56403 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0648.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0633.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0629.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0647.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0632.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0726.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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