CVE-2012-3546

NameCVE-2012-3546
Descriptionorg/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs695250, 695251

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tomcat6 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb8u1fixed
tomcat7 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)7.0.56-3+really7.0.109-1+deb8u6fixed
stretch7.0.75-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tomcat6sourcesqueeze6.0.35-1+squeeze3
tomcat6source(unstable)6.0.35-6695250
tomcat7source(unstable)7.0.28-4695251

Notes

DSA 2725
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