Information Exposure Affecting tomcat-jsvc package, versions <0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
91.5% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-TOMCATJSVC-5538379
  • published17 May 2023
  • disclosed19 Sept 2017

Introduced: 19 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 tomcat-jsvc to version 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2020.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-jsvc package and not the tomcat-jsvc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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