Improper Access Control Affecting tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package, versions <0:8.0.39-1.67.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
93.87% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8JSP23API-1704230
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed6 Apr 2017

Introduced: 6 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-8735  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api to version 0:8.0.39-1.67.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-778.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package and not the tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Remote code execution is possible with Apache Tomcat before 6.0.48, 7.x before 7.0.73, 8.x before 8.0.39, 8.5.x before 8.5.7, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M12 if JmxRemoteLifecycleListener is used and an attacker can reach JMX ports. The issue exists because this listener wasn't updated for consistency with the CVE-2016-3427 Oracle patch that affected credential types.

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