Improper Access Control Affecting tomcat-javadoc package, versions <0:7.0.76-9.el7

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Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATJAVADOC-4947392
published26 Jul 2021
disclosed31 Jan 2018

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Introduced: 31 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-1304 (opens in a new tab) CWE-284 (opens in a new tab) First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-javadoc to version 0:7.0.76-9.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2205.

NVD Description

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

The URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4, 8.5.0 to 8.5.27, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.84 when used as part of a security constraint definition. This caused the constraint to be ignored. It was, therefore, possible for unauthorised users to gain access to web application resources that should have been protected. Only security constraints with a URL pattern of the empty string were affected.