High severity · published Feb 25, 2016
CVE-2015-5346
Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2, when different session settings are used for deployments of multiple…
8.1
CVSS
10.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Session fixation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.66, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2, when different session settings are used for deployments of multiple versions of the same web application, might allow remote attackers to hijack web sessions by leveraging use of a requestedSessionSSL field for an unintended request, related to CoyoteAdapter.java and Request.java.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TO
Tomcat · Apache
7.0.0; 7.0.2; 7.0.4; 7.0.5; 7.0.6; 7.0.10; +34 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5346
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5346
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135890/Apache-Tomcat-Session-Fixation.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2046.html
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