SB20240806400 - Amazon Linux AMI update for tomcat9



SB20240806400 - Amazon Linux AMI update for tomcat9

Published: August 6, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240806400
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43980)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of blocking reads and writes. A remote attacker can trigger a concurrency bug and force client connections to share an Http11Processor instance resulting in responses, or part responses, to be received by the wrong client.


2) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45143)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to manipulate server output.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the JsonErrorReportValve when handling type, message or description values. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and manipulate or invalidate JSON output.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


3) Sensitive cookie in HTTPS session without Secure attribute (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28708)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache Tomcat does not set the "Secure" attribute for the JSESSIONID session cookie when using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https. A remote attacker can force the application to transmit cookie via an insecure channel and intercept it.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.