CVE-2015-5351

8.8 HIGH
Published: February 25, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135882/Apache-Tomcat-CSRF-Token-Leak.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/148
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720652
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720655
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720658
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720660
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720661
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720663
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83330
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035069
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3024-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1087
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1088
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa118
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150442
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158626
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://softwaresupport.hpe.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM02978021
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00047.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00069.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00085.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135882/Apache-Tomcat-CSRF-Token-Leak.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/148
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720652
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720655
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720658
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720660
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720661
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1720663
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3552
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83330
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035069
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3024-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1087
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1088
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa118
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05150442
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158626
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180531-0001/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://softwaresupport.hpe.com/document/-/facetsearch/document/KM02978021
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

72 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.3%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

Affected Vendors

apache canonical debian

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