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CVE-2013-2051 json

The Tomcat 6 DIGEST authentication functionality as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access re…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-2033

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Tomcat 6 DIGEST authentication functionality as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by performing a replay attack after a nonce becomes stale. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5887.

Patch / fix

  • tomcat6 RHEL 6 6.0.24-55.el6_4
  • tomcat6-lib RHEL 6 6.0.24-55.el6_4
  • tomcat6-javadoc RHEL 6 6.0.24-55.el6_4
  • tomcat6-webapps RHEL 6 6.0.24-55.el6_4
  • tomcat6-el-2.1-api RHEL 6 6.0.24-55.el6_4
  • tomcat6-docs-webapp RHEL 6 6.0.24-55.el6_4
  • tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api RHEL 6 6.0.24-55.el6_4
  • tomcat6-admin-webapps RHEL 6 6.0.24-55.el6_4

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0869

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2051 updated cvss 2.6

tomcat: DIGEST authentication vulnerable to replay attacks

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-55.el6_4, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-55.el6_4, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-55.el6_4, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-55.el6_4, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-55.el6_4, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) tomcat6 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-lib 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-javadoc 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-webapps 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-el-2.1-api 6.0.24-55.el6_4, tomcat6-docs-webapp 6.0.24-55.el6_4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0869

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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