Incomplete Cleanup Affecting jws5-tomcat package, versions <0:9.0.62-18.redhat_00016.1.el9jws


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.43% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-JWS5TOMCAT-5963084
  • published13 Oct 2023
  • disclosed10 Oct 2023

Introduced: 10 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-42795  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-459  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 jws5-tomcat to version 0:9.0.62-18.redhat_00016.1.el9jws or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:6206.

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.

Incomplete Cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.When recycling various internal objects in Apache Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.80 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.93, an error could cause Tomcat to skip some parts of the recycling process leading to information leaking from the current request/response to the next.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M12 onwards, 10.1.14 onwards, 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fixes the issue.

CVSS Scores

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