National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2204
Original release date:06/29/2011
Last revised:11/06/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.17, when the MemoryUserDatabase is used, creates log entries containing passwords upon encountering errors in JMX user creation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717013
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: tomcat-jmx-info-disclosure(68238)
External Source: BID
Name: 48456
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2011:1845
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 73429
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2011:156
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2401
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1025712
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 44981
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14931
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100627
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02725
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2012-02-01-1
Technical Details
- Information Leak / Disclosure (CWE-200)