Improper Certificate Validation Affecting tomcat7-docs-webapp package, versions <0:7.0.90-1.33.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT7DOCSWEBAPP-1715449
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed1 Aug 2018

Introduced: 1 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-8034  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat7-docs-webapp to version 0:7.0.90-1.33.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-1055.

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.

The host name verification when using TLS with the WebSocket client was missing. It is now enabled by default. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.52, and 7.0.35 to 7.0.88.

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