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)
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
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snyk-id
SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-31420
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published
21 May 2017
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disclosed
11 Apr 2017
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credit
Tomcat Security Team
Introduced: 11 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-5648 Open this link in a new tabOverview
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..