Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper package, versions [7.0.0,7.0.72) [8,8.0.37) [8.5.0,8.5.5) [9-alpha,9.0.0.M10)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 0.18% (54th percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical
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Red Hat
4.2 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30944
  • published 28 Oct 2016
  • disclosed 28 Oct 2016
  • credit Alvaro Munoz

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper to version 7.0.72, 8.0.37, 8.5.5, 9.0.0.M10 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper is a Tomcats JSP Parser

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. It was discovered that a malicious web application could bypass a configured SecurityManager via a Tomcat utility method that was accessible to web applications.