Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting tomcat8-lib package, versions <0:8.5.42-1.80.amzn1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed28 May 2019
Introduced: 28 May 2019
CVE-2019-0221 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-lib to version 0:8.5.42-1.80.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2019-1234.
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 SSI printenv command in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 echoes user provided data without escaping and is, therefore, vulnerable to XSS. SSI is disabled by default. The printenv command is intended for debugging and is unlikely to be present in a production website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108545
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
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- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00044.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00015.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3929
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NPHQEL5AQ6LZSZD2Y6TYZ4RC3WI7NXJ3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZQTZ5BJ5F4KV6N53SGNKSW3UY5DBIQ46/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13184144?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50119
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-0221.yaml