CVE-2011-5064 Information

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.

Reference

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 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1159309 http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2401 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1845.html https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5@3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org3E