SB2013060102 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat

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SB2013060102 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat

Published: June 1, 2013 Updated: February 5, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2013060102
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5885)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass intended access restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to replay-countermeasure functionality in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat tracks cnonce (aka client nonce) values instead of nonce (aka server nonce) and nc (aka nonce-count) values. A remote attacker can bypass intended access restrictions by sniffing the network for valid requests


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3544)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack by streaming data.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References