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)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.49% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-30944
  • published28 Oct 2016
  • disclosed28 Oct 2016
  • creditAlvaro Munoz

Introduced: 28 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-5018  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

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.

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