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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> on 2011/05/17 14:46:40 UTC

[SECURITY] CVE-2011-1582 Apache Tomcat security constraint bypass

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CVE-2011-1582 Apache Tomcat security constraint bypass

Severity: Important

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
- - Tomcat 7.0.12-7.0.13
- - Earlier versions are not affected

Description:
An error in the fixes for CVE-2011-1088/CVE-2011-1183 meant that
security constraints configured via annotations were ignored on the
first request to a Servlet. Subsequent requests were secured correctly.

Mitigation:
Users of affected versions should apply one of the following mitigations:
- - Upgrade to a Tomcat 7.0.14 or later
- - Define all security constraints in web.xml

Credit:
This issue was identified by the Apache Tomcat security team.

References:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
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Re: [SECURITY] CVE-2011-1582 Apache Tomcat security constraint bypass

Posted by Michael McCutcheon <mi...@att.net>.
On 5/17/2011 5:46 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:
> CVE-2011-1582 Apache Tomcat security constraint bypass
>
> Description:
> An error in the fixes for CVE-2011-1088/CVE-2011-1183 meant that
> security constraints configured via annotations were ignored on the
> first request to a Servlet. Subsequent requests were secured correctly.

I had seen this exact behavior myself and was not sure if it was a bug 
in my code or not.

Anyway, glad it's fixed!

Keep up the good work.

-Mike


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