CVE-2011-5064

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-01-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

DigestAuthenticator.java in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.12 uses Catalina as the hard-coded server secret (aka private key), which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1184.

Affected products

Apache Tomcat: 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5 (+71)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1087655
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1158180

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