🛡️ CVE-2016-0762 — tomcat

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-203 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Observable Discrepancy in Apache Tomcat

The Realm implementations in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 did not process the supplied password if the supplied user name did not exist. This made a timing attack possible to determine valid user names. Note that the default configuration includes the LockOutRealm which makes exploitation of this vulnerability harder.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Affected software

CVE-2016-0762 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (from 6.0.0 up to 6.0.46)

Timeline and source

Published on 13 May 2022 and last revised on 11 March 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
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github.com (Web)
access.redhat.com (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-203
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-13
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-03-11
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 6.0.0 6.0.46

References

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