SB2019112222 - Privilege escalation in Apache Tomcat
Published: November 22, 2019 Updated: February 6, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019112222
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12418)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the local user without access to the Tomcat process or configuration files is able to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack to capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX interface.
Successful vulnerability exploitation requires that Apache Tomcat is configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/43530b91506e2e0c11cfbe691173f5df8c48f51b98262426d7493b67%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200107-0001/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10107360?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596