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Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard Affecting tomcat7-docs-webapp package, versions <0:7.0.84-1.31.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT7DOCSWEBAPP-1710501
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed31 Jan 2018
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Introduced: 31 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-15706  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat7-docs-webapp to version 0:7.0.84-1.31.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-947.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat7-docs-webapp package and not the tomcat7-docs-webapp package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

As part of the fix for bug 61201, the documentation for Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M22 to 9.0.1, 8.5.16 to 8.5.23, 8.0.45 to 8.0.47 and 7.0.79 to 7.0.82 included an updated description of the search algorithm used by the CGI Servlet to identify which script to execute. The update was not correct. As a result, some scripts may have failed to execute as expected and other scripts may have been executed unexpectedly. Note that the behaviour of the CGI servlet has remained unchanged in this regard. It is only the documentation of the behaviour that was wrong and has been corrected.

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