[GERONIMO-3404] Using a Null Username allows access to a running 2.0 server

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0, 2.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.1
• Component/s: security
• Security Level: public (Regular issues)

Environment

Released geronimo-tomcat6-jee5-2.0-bin.zip on WinXP and on Linux

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Regression: Regression
• Assignee: David Jencks
• Reporter: Donald Woods
• Created: 13/Aug/07 20:56
• Updated: 25/Sep/07 19:21
• Resolved: 17/Aug/07 22:00

Description

I was just testing the geronimo-tomcat6-jee5-2.0-bin.zip on a new WinXP machine and discovered that anyone can administer a Geronimo server (local or remotely) if they enter a null Username when prompted by the deploy or geronimo scripts. I verified that the <user_home>\.geronimo-deployer file did not exist on the WinXP machine and on a Linux box I used to verify the remote scenario....