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Incorrectly Documented Search Algorithm Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat package, versions [,7.0.84) [8.0.0-RC1,8.0.48) [8.5.0,8.5.24) [9.0.0.M1,9.0.2)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCAT-32068
  • published 11 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 31 Jan 2018
  • credit Michael Grenier
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Introduced: 31 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-15706 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat:tomcat to versions 9.0.2, 8.5.24, 8.0.48, 7.0.84 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat is an open source implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket technologies.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrectly Documented search algorithm. The documentation included an updated description of the search algorithm used by the CGI Servlet to identify which script to execute.

CVSS Scores

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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None