Authentication bypass in Apache Tomcat Native Connector - CVE-2018-8019
Published: July 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13952
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8019
CWE-ID: CWE-592
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass OCSP checks.
The vulnerability exists in the OCSP responder implementation in Apache Tomcat APR/native Connector that does not properly identify clients with revoked certificates. A remote attacker can bypass authentication and successfully authenticate with a revoked certificate when using mutual TLS.
Affected software
Apache Tomcat Native Connector
How to mitigate CVE-2018-8019
Update to version 1.2.17.
Apache Tomcat Native Connector - update to 1.2.17