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.

Mitigation

We recommend upgrading to a version of this component that is not vulnerable to this specific issue.

Related links:

• http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-2204

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2204