VDB
RHSA-2013%3A0004
RHSA-2013%3A0004
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI.
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
5.5
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0 |
Timeline
- Jan 3, 2013 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 14, 2026 CVE Updated
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0004 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=securityPatches&product=webserver&version=2.0.0 advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883634 issue
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2013/rhsa-2013_0004.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3546 advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3546 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3546 advisory