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CVE-2016-0762 Details

Description

The Realm implementations in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 did not process the supplied password if the supplied user name did not exist. This made a timing attack possible to determine valid user names. Note that the default configuration includes the LockOutRealm which makes exploitation of this vulnerability harder.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2247 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1872f96bad43647832bdd84a408794cd06d9cbb557af63085ca10009%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-203Observable Discrepancy[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-0762
NVD Published Date:
Aug 10, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]