Description

When using a VirtualDirContext it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.

Remediation

Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following mitigations:

  • Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 7.0.81

References

CVE-2017-7674 Apache Tomcat Information Disclosure

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2017-12616 CWE-200 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Information Disclosure