Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key in Apache Tomcat
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 14, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 27, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 5.5.0, < 5.5.34
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.33
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.12
Patched versions
5.5.34
6.0.33
7.0.12
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jan 14, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 13, 2022
Last updated
Jan 27, 2023
DigestAuthenticator.java in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.12 uses Catalina as the hard-coded server secret (aka private key), which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1184.
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