CVE-2012-3546
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CVE-2012-3546 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.. EPSS estimates a 11.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.0 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.1 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.2 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.3 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.4 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.5 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.6 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.7 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.8 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.9 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.10 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.11 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.12 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.13 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.14 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.15 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.16 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.17 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.18 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.19 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.20 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.24 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.26 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.27 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.28 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.29 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.30 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.31 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.32 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.33 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 6.0.35 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.0 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.1 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.2 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.3 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.4 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.5 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.6 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.7 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.8 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.9 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.10 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.11 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.12 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.13 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.14 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.15 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.16 |
| Apache | Tomcat | 7.0.17 |
Showing 50 of 58 affected configurations. See NVD for the full list.
References
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlVendor Advisory
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