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Open Redirect Affecting tomcat8-lib package, versions <0:8.5.40-1.79.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
89.2% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8LIB-1718625
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 4 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-11784  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-601  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-lib to version 0:8.5.40-1.79.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1208.

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.

When the default servlet in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.33 and 7.0.23 to 7.0.90 returned a redirect to a directory (e.g. redirecting to '/foo/' when the user requested '/foo') a specially crafted URL could be used to cause the redirect to be generated to any URI of the attackers choice.

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