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title: "CVE-2012-5886\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5886

Publication date 17 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x
before 5.5.36, 6.x before 6.0.36, and 7.x before 7.0.30 caches information
about the authenticated user within the session state, which makes it
easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication via vectors related to
the session ID.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5886?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tomcat5.5 | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| tomcat6 | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 6.0.35-5ubuntu0.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 6.0.32-5ubuntu1.3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6.0.24-2ubuntu1.11 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| tomcat7 | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 7.0.26-1ubuntu1.2 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 7.0.21-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5886?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This was originally called CVE-2012-3439
same fix as CVE-2012-5885

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| tomcat5.5 | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1392248> |
| tomcat6 | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1380829> |
| tomcat7 | * Upstream:   <http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1377807> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5886)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5886)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5886)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5886)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1637-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1637-1)
+ Tomcat vulnerabilities
+ 21 November 2012

### Other references

* <http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html>
* <http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html>
* <http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5886>