Improper Input Validation Affecting tomcat-lib package, versions <0:7.0.76-9.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TOMCATLIB-4955187
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Jul 2018

Introduced: 22 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-8034  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 tomcat-lib 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-lib package and not the tomcat-lib package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The host name verification when using TLS with the WebSocket client was missing. It is now enabled by default. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.52, and 7.0.35 to 7.0.88.

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