Description
Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.17, when the MemoryUserDatabase is used, creates log entries containing passwords upon encountering errors in JMX user creation, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.
Remediation
References
http://www.osvdb.org/73429
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717013
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44981
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025712
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48456
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1845.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:156
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2401
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469267822771&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68238
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19532
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14931
http://secunia.com/advisories/48308
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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