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Improper Authentication in Apache Tomcat

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 21, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.34
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.33
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.12

Patched versions

5.5.34
6.0.33
7.0.12

Description

The HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.12 does not check realm values, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the availability of a protection space with weaker authentication or authorization requirements, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1184.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 14, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jul 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 21, 2024

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2011-5063

GHSA ID

GHSA-hffm-fqv4-w27r

Source code

Credits

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