CVE-2015-5351

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5351
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-25 01:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 beta All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.10 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.16 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.19 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.2 beta All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.20 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.21 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.22 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.23 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.25 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.26 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.27 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.28 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.29 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.30 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.32 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.33 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.34 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.35 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.37 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.39 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.4 beta All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.40 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.41 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.42 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.47 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.5 beta All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.50 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.52 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.53 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.54 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.55 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.56 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.57 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.59 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.6 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.61 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.62 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.63 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.64 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.65 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 7.0.67 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.0 rc10 All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.0 rc5 All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.11 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.12 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.14 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.15 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.17 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.18 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.20 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.21 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.22 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.23 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.24 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.26 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.27 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.28 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.29 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.3 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 8.0.30 All All All
Application Apache Tomcat 9.0.0 milestone1 All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996880 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-w7cg-5969-678w)

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