GHSA-9xcj-c8cr-8c3c
In Apache Tomcat, when using FORM authentication there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | < 7.0.99 | 7.0.99 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 8.0.0, < 8.5.50 | 8.5.50 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.30 | 9.0.30 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has been treated as a security vulnerability.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17563
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4680
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4251-1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200107-0001
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-43
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00026.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00024.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb9a66f176df29b9a832caa95ebd9ffa3284e8f4922ec4fa3ad8eb2e@%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8b4c1db8300117b28a0f3f743c0b9e3f964687a690cdf9662a884bbd%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00013.html