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Insecure Default Initialization of Resource Affecting tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package, versions <0:8.5.32-1.78.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.01% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8JSP23API-1715447
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 May 2018
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Introduced: 16 May 2018

CVE-2018-8014  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1188  (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.

The defaults settings for the CORS filter provided in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.8, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.52, 7.0.41 to 7.0.88 are insecure and enable 'supportsCredentials' for all origins. It is expected that users of the CORS filter will have configured it appropriately for their environment rather than using it in the default configuration. Therefore, it is expected that most users will not be impacted by this issue.

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