CVE-2012-5887

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-287 Authentication Issues

Publication date:

17/11/2012

Last modified:

30/10/2025

Description

The HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.36, 6.x before 6.0.36, and 7.x before 7.0.30 does not properly check for stale nonce values in conjunction with enforcement of proper credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by sniffing the network for valid requests.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat::::::::	5.5.0 (including)	5.5.36 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat::::::::	6.0.0 (including)	6.0.36 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat::::::::	7.0.0 (including)	7.0.30 (excluding)

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CVE-2012-5887

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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