Cross-site request forgery in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2015-5351

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Cross-site request forgery in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2015-5351

Published: March 14, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87536
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5351
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


Affected software

Apache Tomcat
Fedora
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1
FlashSystem 900 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2
SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family
tomcat

How to mitigate CVE-2015-5351

Install update from vendor's website.

Apache Tomcat - addressed in versions 7.0.68, 8.0.31, 9.0.0-M2
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1 - addressed in versions 1.3.0.6, 1.4.3.0
FlashSystem 900 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2 - addressed in versions 1.3.0.6, 1.4.3.0
tomcat - addressed in versions 7.0.68-1.fc22, 7.0.68-2.fc22, 7.0.68-3.fc22, 7.0.70-2.el6, 8.0.32-3.fc23
SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family - addressed in versions 7.5.0.8, 7.6.1.3

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