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CVE-2015-5351 json

Apache Tomcat allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token

published 10y ago modified 25d ago also GHSA-w7cg-5969-678w , EUVD-2022-5521

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.7%
EPSS 9.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The (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.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 7.0.68, 8.0.31, 9.0.0.M2
  • tomcat6 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1
  • tomcat7 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5351

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • tomcat RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-lib RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-jsvc RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-javadoc RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-webapps RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-el-2.2-api RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-docs-webapp RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7
  • tomcat-jsp-2.2-api RHEL 7 7.0.69-10.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:2599RHSA-2016:2807RHSA-2016:1088RHSA-2016:1087

  • tomcat SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 7.0.68-7.6.1
  • tomcat SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1 8.0.32-3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0822-1SUSE-SU-2016:0769-1

  • tomcat openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.0.36-3.3
  • tomcat10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.1.14-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10446-1openSUSE-SU-2024:13441-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5351 updated cvss 8.8

tomcat: CSRF token leak

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Operations Network 3 jbossweb jbossweb Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 jbossweb jbossweb
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 7.0.69-10.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 7.0.69-10.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-admin-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, +3 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) tomcat 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-lib 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-el-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-admin-webapps 7.0.69-10.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) tomcat-jsvc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-javadoc 7.0.69-10.el7, tomcat-docs-webapp 7.0.69-10.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2599
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 Server tomcat7 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-lib 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-log4j 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-javadoc 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-webapps 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, tomcat7-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el6, +4 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 7 Server tomcat7 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-lib 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-log4j 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-javadoc 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-webapps 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, tomcat7-el-2.2-api 7.0.54-23_patch_05.ep6.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2807
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:2808
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1089
show 3 more
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 6 httpd24 2.4.6-61.ep7.el6, mod_ssl24 2.4.6-61.ep7.el6, mod_ldap24 2.4.6-61.ep7.el6, httpd24-tools 2.4.6-61.ep7.el6, mod_session24 2.4.6-61.ep7.el6, httpd24-manual 2.4.6-61.ep7.el6, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1087
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 for RHEL 7 httpd24 2.4.6-61.ep7.el7, mod_ssl24 2.4.6-61.ep7.el7, mod_ldap24 2.4.6-61.ep7.el7, httpd24-tools 2.4.6-61.ep7.el7, mod_session24 2.4.6-61.ep7.el7, httpd24-manual 2.4.6-61.ep7.el7, +22 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1088
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-2.1-api, +4 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
26d ago

Exploit prediction

9.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
<7.0.68
>=8.0.0, <8.0.31
>=9.0.0.M0, <9.0.0.M2
7.0.68
8.0.31
9.0.0.M2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

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