Information Exposure Affecting tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package, versions <0:8.0.36-29.ep7.el7
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCAT8JSP23API-3614417
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed19 Sept 2017
Introduced: 19 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-12616 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api to version 0:8.0.36-29.ep7.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0466.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package and not the tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100897
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0001/
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03828en_us
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_54_Tomcat
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12616
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1df9b4552464caa42047062fe7175da0da06c18ecc8daf99258bbda6@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00008.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039393
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1df9b4552464caa42047062fe7175da0da06c18ecc8daf99258bbda6%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E