Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Apache Tomcat
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Dec 26, 2019
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 1, 2023
Package
Affected versions
< 7.0.98
>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.48
>= 9.0.0, < 9.0.29
Patched versions
7.0.99
8.5.49
9.0.29
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Dec 23, 2019
Reviewed
Dec 26, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Dec 26, 2019
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
When Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.28, 8.5.0 to 8.5.47, 7.0.0 and 7.0.97 is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener, a local attacker without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface. The attacker can then use these credentials to access the JMX interface and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance.
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