Information Exposure Affecting tomcat-el-2.2-api package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
90.51% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-TOMCATEL22API-1973167
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Sept 2017

Introduced: 19 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 tomcat-el-2.2-api.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-el-2.2-api package and not the tomcat-el-2.2-api package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.

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