Apache Shiro before 1.3.2 allows attackers to bypass intended servlet filters and gain access by leveraging use of a non-root servlet context path.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - Apache Shiro before 1.3.2 allows attackers to bypass intended servlet filters and gain access by
    leveraging use of a non-root servlet context path. (CVE-2016-6802)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7147-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Apache Shiro incorrectly handled path traversal when used with other web frameworks     or path rewriting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information or     administrative privileges. This update provides the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu     24.10. (CVE-2023-34478, CVE-2023-46749)

    It was discovered that Apache Shiro incorrectly handled web redirects when used together with the form     authentication method. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform phishing attacks. This update     provides the corresponding fix for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10. (CVE-2023-46750)

    It was discovered that Apache Shiro incorrectly handled requests through servlet filtering. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to obtain administrative privileges. This update provides the corresponding     fix for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6802)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

update to 1.3.2, security fix for CVE-2016-6802

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
410331	SCA: security update for org.apache.shiro:shiro-all, org.apache.shiro:shiro-web (GHSA-4q2v-j639-cp7p)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
410331	SCA: security update for org.apache.shiro:shiro-all, org.apache.shiro:shiro-web (GHSA-4q2v-j639-cp7p)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high
212265	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Apache Shiro vulnerabilities (USN-7147-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
94781	Fedora 25 : shiro (2016-2939d70cf4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
93672	Fedora 24 : shiro (2016-744df45727)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2016-6802

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

critical

high

high