Improper Input Validation Affecting tomcat-docs-webapp package, versions <0:7.0.76-3.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
96.55% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATDOCSWEBAPP-4751356
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Sept 2017

Introduced: 19 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12615  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-docs-webapp to version 0:7.0.76-3.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:3081.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat-docs-webapp package and not the tomcat-docs-webapp package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

When running Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79 on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.

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