Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-1304 CVE-2018-1305 |
CWE-ID | CWE-264 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
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Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU10707
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1304
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled when used as part of a security constraint definition. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted URL, bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorised access to web application resources.
Update the affected packages.
noarch:Vulnerable software versions
tomcat7-log4j-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-admin-webapps-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-javadoc-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-webapps-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-el-2.2-api-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-lib-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-docs-webapp-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-docs-webapp-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-admin-webapps-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-el-3.0-api-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-javadoc-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-webapps-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-servlet-3.1-api-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-lib-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-log4j-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
src:
tomcat7-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.src
tomcat8-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.src
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-972.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU10706
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1305
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to security constraints defined by annotations of Servlets are only applied once a Servlet had been loaded. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted URL pattern and any URLs below that point, bypass security restrictions and gain unauthorised access to arbitrary resources.
Update the affected packages.
noarch:Vulnerable software versions
tomcat7-log4j-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-admin-webapps-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-javadoc-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-webapps-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-el-2.2-api-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-lib-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat7-docs-webapp-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-docs-webapp-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-admin-webapps-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-el-3.0-api-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-javadoc-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-webapps-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-servlet-3.1-api-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-lib-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-log4j-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.noarch
src:
tomcat7-7.0.85-1.32.amzn1.src
tomcat8-8.5.29-1.77.amzn1.src
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-972.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.