Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting tomcat-javadoc package, versions <0:7.0.69-12.el7_3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATJAVADOC-7959653
  • published14 Sept 2024
  • disclosed10 Apr 2017

Introduced: 10 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-5648  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-668  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-javadoc to version 0:7.0.69-12.el7_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1809.

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.

While investigating bug 60718, it was noticed that some calls to application listeners in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.11, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.41, and 7.0.0 to 7.0.75 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.

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