CVE-2012-3546
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.
Find out more about CVE-2012-3546 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Tomcat 5.5 has reached the end of its supported upstream life-cycle, and the Apache Tomcat project no longer tests security flaws to determine whether they affect Tomcat 5.5. Red Hat has tested tomcat 5.5 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1, and found that it is affected by this flaw. Patches for tomcat 5.5 to address this flaw have been provided.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 Server (tomcat6) | RHSA-2013:0005 | 2013-01-03 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2013:0164 | 2013-01-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2013:0191 | 2013-01-24 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 | RHSA-2013:0157 | 2013-01-14 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 for RHEL 6 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2013:0164 | 2013-01-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 4.3 | RHSA-2013:0151 | 2013-01-10 |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2 | RHSA-2013:0235 | 2013-02-04 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.0 | RHSA-2013:0163 | 2013-01-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2013:0196 | 2013-01-24 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS (jbossweb) | RHSA-2013:0197 | 2013-01-24 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 6 Server (tomcat5) | RHSA-2013:0641 | 2013-03-12 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (tomcat6) | RHSA-2013:0623 | 2013-03-11 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3 | RHSA-2013:0146 | 2013-01-08 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 4.3 | RHSA-2013:0162 | 2013-01-15 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2013:0192 | 2013-01-24 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server (tomcat6) | RHSA-2013:0005 | 2013-01-03 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2 | RHSA-2013:0194 | 2013-01-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (tomcat5) | RHSA-2013:0640 | 2013-03-12 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 | RHSA-2013:0642 | 2013-03-12 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 5 Server (jbossas) | RHSA-2013:0147 | 2013-01-08 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.3.0 for RHEL 4 AS (jbossas) | RHSA-2013:0147 | 2013-01-08 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.3 | RHSA-2013:0235 | 2013-02-04 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 6 Server (tomcat6) | RHSA-2013:0158 | 2013-01-14 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server (tomcat6) | RHSA-2013:0158 | 2013-01-14 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0 | RHSA-2013:0004 | 2013-01-03 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.2 | RHSA-2013:0198 | 2013-01-24 |
| JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.3 | RHSA-2013:0221 | 2013-01-31 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server (jbossweb) | RHSA-2013:0195 | 2013-01-24 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS (jbossweb) | RHSA-2013:0193 | 2013-01-24 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 Server (tomcat5) | RHSA-2013:0641 | 2013-03-12 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3.1 | jbossweb | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.2 | jbossweb | Affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 | jbossweb | Not affected |
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