CVE-2019-17563
Description
When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has been treated as a security vulnerability.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 9.0.31-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 9.0.31-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 9.0.31-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 9.0.31-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 9.0.31-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | <7.0.99 | 7.0.99 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=8.0.0,<8.5.50 | 8.5.50 |
| Maven | org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=9.0.0,<9.0.30 | 9.0.30 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17563.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17563
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4680
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4251-1
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200107-0001
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-43
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00026.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00024.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb9a66f176df29b9a832caa95ebd9ffa3284e8f4922ec4fa3ad8eb2e@%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8b4c1db8300117b28a0f3f743c0b9e3f964687a690cdf9662a884bbd%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00013.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17563
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.