Apache Tomcat 7.0.11 Security Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2011-1183 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Apache Tomcat 7.0.11, when web.xml has no login configuration, does not follow security constraints, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via HTTP requests to a meta-data complete web application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1088 and CVE-2011-1419.

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