Security Features Affecting tomcat8-lib package, versions <0:8.0.38-1.65.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.49% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8LIB-1703544
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2017

Introduced: 10 Aug 2017

CVE-2016-5018  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-254  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-lib to version 0:8.0.38-1.65.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-764.

NVD Description

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

In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 a malicious web application was able to bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.

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