Improper Access Control Affecting tomcat-admin-webapps package, versions <0:7.0.76-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-TOMCATADMINWEBAPPS-2090298
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 27 Oct 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 tomcat-admin-webapps to version 0:7.0.76-2.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-admin-webapps package and not the tomcat-admin-webapps package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The ResourceLinkFactory implementation in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or not.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
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Red Hat

3.7 low