CLIENT_CERT authentication does not fail as expected for some scenarios when soft fail is disabled and FFM is used in Apache Tomcat.
This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M14 through 11.0.20, from 10.1.22 through 10.1.53, from 9.0.92 through 9.0.116.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.21, 10.1.54 or 9.0.117, which fixes the issue.
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 | 9.0.92 (including) | 9.0.117 (excluding) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 10.1.22 (including) | 10.1.54 (excluding) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.1 (including) | 11.0.21 (excluding) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone14 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone14 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone15 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone15 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone16 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone16 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone17 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone17 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone18 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone18 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone19 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone19 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone20 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone20 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone21 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone21 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone22 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone22 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone23 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone23 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone24 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone24 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone25 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone25 (including) |
| Tomcat | Apache | 11.0.0-milestone26 (including) | 11.0.0-milestone26 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | RedHat | tomcat9-1:9.0.117-2.el10_2 | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2.3 | RedHat | tomcat | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2 on RHEL 10 | RedHat | jws6-tomcat-0:10.1.49-13.redhat_00011.1.el10jws | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2 on RHEL 8 | RedHat | jws6-tomcat-0:10.1.49-13.redhat_00011.1.el8jws | * |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 6.2 on RHEL 9 | RedHat | jws6-tomcat-0:10.1.49-13.redhat_00011.1.el9jws | * |
| Tomcat10 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/resolute | * |
| Tomcat10 | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Tomcat10 | Ubuntu | resolute | * |
| Tomcat10 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tomcat11 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/resolute | * |
| Tomcat11 | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Tomcat11 | Ubuntu | resolute | * |
| Tomcat11 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tomcat6 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Tomcat6 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tomcat7 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Tomcat7 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Tomcat8 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Tomcat9 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/resolute | * |
| Tomcat9 | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Tomcat9 | Ubuntu | resolute | * |
| Tomcat9 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html