Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package, versions <0:8.5.32-1.78.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.61% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8JSP23API-1714570
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed2 Aug 2018

Introduced: 2 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-1336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api to version 0:8.5.32-1.78.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-1056.

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.

An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.

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