Arbitrary Code Execution The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package org.apache.tomcat:catalina (opens in a new tab)
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- published11 Oct 2017
- disclosed19 Sept 2017
- creditiswin
Introduced: 19 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-12615 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
This was deemed not a vulnerability.
Overview
org.apache.tomcat:catalina is a Servlet Engine Core Classes and Standard implementations.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. When running Apache Tomcat on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.
The fix for this vulnerability was incomplete, see CVE-2017-12617.