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Incorrectly Documented Search Algorithm Affecting org.apache.tomcat:tomcat Open this link in a new tab 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)

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

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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

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.

Remediation

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