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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache Tomcat

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 22, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (Maven)

Affected versions

= 9.0.0.M1
>= 8.0.0.RC1, <= 8.0.30
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.65

Patched versions

9.0.0.M2
8.0.31
7.0.66

Description

Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2, when different session settings are used for deployments of multiple versions of the same web application, might allow remote attackers to hijack web sessions by leveraging use of a requestedSessionSSL field for an unintended request, related to CoyoteAdapter.java and Request.java.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 25, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jul 6, 2022
Last updated Feb 22, 2024

Severity

High
8.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-5346

GHSA ID

GHSA-jrcp-c39h-r29x

Source code

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