CVE-2016-0762
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 0.50%tomcat7 - security update
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 3/9/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (5)
- Debian/tomcat6from 0, < 6.0.45+dfsg-1~deb7u3
- Debian/tomcat7from 0, < 7.0.28-4+deb7u7
- Debian/tomcat7from 0, < 7.0.56-3+deb8u5
- Debian/tomcat8from 0, < 8.0.14-1+deb8u4
- Maven/org.apache.tomcat:tomcat>= 9.0.0M1, < 9.0.0.M10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (43)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0762
- PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat80/commit/dc4c3317452f0bc2c5e1f6a08d3bd9f22488b450
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/86b2e436099cb48f30dad950175c5beeeb763756
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/970e615c7ade6ec6c341470bbc76aa1256353737
- WEBhttps://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/d79c63d424fe6b225678416343b9ce106dec947c
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1872f96bad43647832bdd84a408794cd06d9cbb557af63085ca10009@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180605-0001
- WEBhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4557-1
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3720
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93939
- WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037144