Session Fixation in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2015-5346
Published: March 14, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87535
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5346
CWE-ID: CWE-384
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apache Foundation
Affected software:
Apache Tomcat
Apache Tomcat
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise accounts of other users.
The vulnerability exists due to an insecure way of handling sessions. A remote attacker can leverage the requestedSessionSSL field for an unintended request, related to CoyoteAdapter.java and Request.java and hijack web sessions of web application users.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-5346
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1713185
- https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58809
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1713184
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1713187
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1723414
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1723506
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/143
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158626
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150442
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3024-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83323
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1087
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa118
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035069
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135890/Apache-Tomcat-Session-Fixation.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001/
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