Improper Access Control Affecting jws5-tomcat package, versions *

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Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-JWS5TOMCAT-3387847
published26 Jul 2021
disclosed17 May 2018

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Introduced: 17 May 2018

CVE-2018-8014 (opens in a new tab) CWE-284 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 jws5-tomcat.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jws5-tomcat package and not the jws5-tomcat package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The defaults settings for the CORS filter provided in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.8, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.52, 7.0.41 to 7.0.88 are insecure and enable 'supportsCredentials' for all origins. It is expected that users of the CORS filter will have configured it appropriately for their environment rather than using it in the default configuration. Therefore, it is expected that most users will not be impacted by this issue.