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Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity Affecting tomcat8-lib package, versions <0:8.0.46-1.76.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8LIB-1708527
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed11 Aug 2017
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Introduced: 11 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-345  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-lib to version 0:8.0.46-1.76.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-903.

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.

The CORS Filter in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M21, 8.5.0 to 8.5.15, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.44 and 7.0.41 to 7.0.78 did not add an HTTP Vary header indicating that the response varies depending on Origin. This permitted client and server side cache poisoning in some circumstances.

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