Auth bypass in Apache Geronimo

CVE-2007-4548

The login method in LoginModule implementations in Apache Geronimo 2.0 does not throw FailedLoginException for failed logins, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication requirements, deploy arbitrary modules, and gain administrative access by sending a blank username and password with the command line deployer in the deployment module.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.042 (90.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apache Geronimo — versions 2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)