Information Exposure Affecting tomcat8-log4j package, versions <0:8.5.87-1.92.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TOMCAT8LOG4J-5441503
  • published21 Apr 2023
  • disclosed22 Mar 2023

Introduced: 22 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28708  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 tomcat8-log4j to version 0:8.5.87-1.92.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2023-1732.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat8-log4j package and not the tomcat8-log4j package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel.

Older, EOL versions may also be affected.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1