CVE-2015-5351

Description

The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.34% Top 20%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83330 vdb entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135882/Apache-Tomcat-CSRF-Token-Leak.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 vendor advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720658
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3024-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530 vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/148 mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html vendor advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1087 vendor advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720655
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035069 vdb entry
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa118
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150442
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720663
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1088 vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001/
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html vendor advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720661
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609 vendor advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720652
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158626
https://softwaresupport.hpe.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM02978021
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552 vendor advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720660
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-5351?
CVE-2015-5351 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-5351?
To fix CVE-2015-5351, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-5351 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-5351 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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