National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-1183

Overview

Apache Tomcat 7.0.11, when web.xml has no login configuration, does not follow security constraints, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via HTTP requests to a meta-data complete web application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1088 and CVE-2011-1419.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1087643

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1087643

External Source: XF

Name: tomcat-webxml-security-bypass(66675)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66675

External Source: BID

Name: 47196

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47196

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110406 [SECURITY] CVE-2011-1183 Apache Tomcat security constraint bypass

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/517362/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

Hyperlink:http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

External Source: SREASON

Name: 8187

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8187

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20110406 [SECURITY] CVE-2011-1183 Apache Tomcat security constraint bypass

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Apr/96

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12701

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12701

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12701

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12701