Information Exposure Affecting tomcat9-el-3.0-api package, versions <1:9.0.71-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-TOMCAT9EL30API-5496293
  • published4 May 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:2023 tomcat9-el-3.0-api to version 1:9.0.71-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-176.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat9-el-3.0-api package and not the tomcat9-el-3.0-api package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 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.

CVSS Scores

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