Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2012-3546
Published: June 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64512
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3546
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify data.
The vulnerability exists in the org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat. A remote attacker can bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.
Affected software
Apache Tomcat
HPE Service Manager
HPE Service Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2012-3546
Install updates from vendor's website.
Apache Tomcat - addressed in versions 6.0.36, 7.0.30
HPE Service Manager - update to 9.31.2004 p2
HPE Service Manager - update to 9.31.2004 p2
External References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136612293908376&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0146.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0147.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0151.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0157.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0158.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0162.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0163.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0164.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0191.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0192.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0193.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0194.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0195.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0198.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0221.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0235.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0623.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0640.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0641.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0642.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51984
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52054
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java?r1=1377892&r2=1377891&pathrev=1377892
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml?r1=1377892&r2=1377891&pathrev=1377892
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1377892
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56812
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027833
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1685-1
- https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03748878
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19305