CVE-2019-17563

Public on 2019-12-23
Modified on 2023-05-04
Description

When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has been treated as a security vulnerability.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core tomcat 2023-05-11 17:49 ALAS2-2023-2047
Amazon Linux 2 - Tomcat8.5 Extra tomcat 2023-08-21 20:58 ALAS2TOMCAT8.5-2023-013
Amazon Linux 2 - Tomcat9 Extra tomcat 2023-08-21 20:58 ALAS2TOMCAT9-2023-008
Amazon Linux 1 tomcat8 2020-01-14 18:18 ALAS-2020-1337

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H