CVE-2013-2067

tomcat: Session fixation in form authenticator

Published Jun 1, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 10.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java in the form authentication feature in Apache Tomcat 6.0.21 through 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.33 does not properly handle the relationships between authentication requirements and sessions, which allows remote attackers to inject a request into a session by sending this request during completion of the login form, a variant of a session fixation attack.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2725-1 tomcat6 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2897-1 tomcat7 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2820 java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java in the form authentication feature in Apache Tomcat 6.0.21 through 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.33 does not properly handle the relationships between authentication requirements and sessions, which allows remote attackers to inject a request into a session by sending this request during completion of the login form, a variant of a session fixation attack.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6m48-jxwx-76q7 Improper Authentication in Apache Tomcat
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1841-1 Tomcat vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0041.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0833.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0834.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0839.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0964.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1437.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc6.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java?r1=1417891&r2=1417890&pathrev=1417891 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/tc7.0.x/trunk/java/org/apache/catalina/authenticator/FormAuthenticator.java?r1=1408044&r2=1408043&pathrev=1408044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1408044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1417891 cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59799 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1841-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2067 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2067 cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 9, 2026, 7:11 PM
Reserved
Feb 19, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 1, 2013, 2:21 PM
Modified
Oct 9, 2026, 8:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 10, 2013, 12:00 AM