CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-5886

Improper Authentication

Published: Nov 17, 2012 | Modified: Aug 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tomcat Apache 5.5.27 5.5.27
Tomcat Apache 5.5.18 5.5.18
Tomcat Apache 5.5.12 5.5.12
Tomcat Apache 5.5.14 5.5.14
Tomcat Apache 5.5.10 5.5.10
Tomcat Apache 5.5.4 5.5.4
Tomcat Apache 5.5.7 5.5.7
Tomcat Apache 5.5.1 5.5.1
Tomcat Apache 5.5.11 5.5.11
Tomcat Apache 5.5.28 5.5.28
Tomcat Apache 5.5.6 5.5.6
Tomcat Apache 5.5.26 5.5.26
Tomcat Apache 5.5.35 5.5.35
Tomcat Apache 5.5.20 5.5.20
Tomcat Apache 5.5.15 5.5.15
Tomcat Apache 5.5.5 5.5.5
Tomcat Apache 5.5.30 5.5.30
Tomcat Apache 5.5.21 5.5.21
Tomcat Apache 5.5.22 5.5.22
Tomcat Apache 5.5.3 5.5.3
Tomcat Apache 5.5.32 5.5.32
Tomcat Apache 5.5.31 5.5.31
Tomcat Apache 5.5.9 5.5.9
Tomcat Apache 5.5.25 5.5.25
Tomcat Apache 5.5.33 5.5.33
Tomcat Apache 5.5.2 5.5.2
Tomcat Apache 5.5.0 5.5.0
Tomcat Apache 5.5.13 5.5.13
Tomcat Apache 5.5.24 5.5.24
Tomcat Apache 5.5.34 5.5.34
Tomcat Apache 5.5.8 5.5.8
Tomcat Apache 5.5.16 5.5.16
Tomcat Apache 5.5.17 5.5.17
Tomcat Apache 5.5.29 5.5.29
Tomcat Apache 5.5.19 5.5.19
Tomcat Apache 5.5.23 5.5.23

Potential Mitigations

References