Bug 781912

Summary: CVE-2011-5064 tomcat: Hard-coded server secret eases bypass of cryptographic protection mechanisms
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: David Jorm <djorm>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description David Jorm 2012-01-16 04:51:26 UTC 
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.

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http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-5064
Comment 1 David Jorm 2012-01-16 11:54:06 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 741401 ***