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tomcat: Session fixation in form authenticator

Published Jun 1, 2013

Description

java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java in the form authentication feature in Apache Tomcat 6.0.21 through 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.33 does not properly handle the relationships between authentication requirements and sessions, which allows remote attackers to inject a request into a session by sending this request during completion of the login form, a variant of a session fixation attack.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This flaw allows an attacker to circumvent a session fixation prevention mechanism which was implemented in tomcat 5.5.x >= 5.5.29, 6.0.x >= 6.0.21 and 7.x. Earlier versions of tomcat do not include this mechanism, and are therefore not affected by this flaw. JBoss Web as included in JBoss 5.x products also does not include this mechanism, and is not affected by this flaw.

Metrics

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

CWE-384

References (34)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 1, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 19, 2013
Link CVE-2013-2067
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2013-2067
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date May 10, 2013
Links CVE-2013-2067 - Bugzilla
GHSA-6M48-JXWX-76Q7