Apache Shiro Affected by an Observable Timing Discrepancy Vulnerability
Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability in Apache Shiro. This issue affects Apache Shiro: from 1., 2. before 2.0.7. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.7 or later, which fixes the issue. Prior to Shiro 2.0.7, code paths for non-existent vs. existing users are different enough, that a brute-force attack may be able to tell, by timing the requests only, determine if the request failed because of a non-existent user vs. …