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)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.18% (56th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30944
- published 28 Oct 2016
- disclosed 28 Oct 2016
- credit Alvaro Munoz
Introduced: 28 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-5018 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
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