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Information Exposure Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core Open this link in a new tab package, versions [7.0.0,7.0.76) [8.0.0-RC1,8.0.42) [8.5.0,8.5.12) [9.0.0.M1,9.0.0.M17)

0.0
critical

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

  • Confidentiality

    High

  • Integrity

    High

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-31420

  • published

    21 May 2017

  • disclosed

    11 Apr 2017

  • credit

    Tomcat Security Team

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Introduced: 11 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-5648 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

Overview

org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core 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 Information Disclosure. While investigating bug 60718, it was noticed that some calls to application listeners, It did not use the appropriate facade object. When running an untrusted application under a SecurityManager, it was therefore possible for that untrusted application to retain a reference to the request or response object and thereby access and/or modify information associated with another web application.

Remediation

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 7.0.76, 8.0.42, 8.5.12, 9.0.0.M17 or higher..