GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4 CVE-2017-12616
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat
High
Maven
- Severity
- 7.5 / 10
- High · CVSS 3.0
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 70.12%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 99.38% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- Fix
7.0.81- Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina to this version or later
Description
When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.
Affected versions
Maven
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina | >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.81 |
7.0.81 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina Maven → 7.0.81
- maven
<dependency><groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId><artifactId>tomcat-catalina</artifactId><version>7.0.81</version></dependency>- gradle
implementation("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:7.0.81")
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.0 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Weakness
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area. Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/1df9b4552464caa42047062fe7175da0da06c18ecc8daf99258bbda6…
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708…
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7…
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424…
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19…
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00008.html
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0001
- support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display
- usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1
- synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_54_Tomcat
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-83qj-6fr2-vhqg Apache Tomcat: Potential RCE and/or information disclosure and/or information corruption with partial PUT | Critical Known exploited | Also affects org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina |
| GHSA-xjgh-84hx-56c5 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Apache Tomcat | High Known exploited | Also affects org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina |
| GHSA-cw54-59pw-4g8c Apache Tomcat Improper Access Control vulnerability | Critical Known exploited | Also affects org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina |
| GHSA-h3x4-894j-xpx5 Apache Tomcat's FORM authentication process has an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability | Critical | Also affects org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina |
| GHSA-9xv2-5v5q-p794 Apache Tomcat's DIGEST authenticator has an Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay vulnerability | Critical | Also affects org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina |
| GHSA-gcx9-497g-6cp6 Apache Tomcat has an Improper Access Control, Incorrect Authorization vulnerability | Critical | Also affects org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina |
| GHSA-5m62-pw8w-7w9f Apache Tomcat - Security constraints not correctly applied | Critical | Also affects org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina |
| GHSA-9m89-8frq-c98c Apache Tomcat - AJP secret compared in non-constant time | Low | Also affects org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina |
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