Open redirect in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2018-11784
Published: October 5, 2018 / Updated: November 25, 2021
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URI.
The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary URI.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.
Affected software
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Opensuse
FlashSystem 900 9843-UF3
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1
Dell Support Assist Enterprise
FlashSystem 900 9840-AE3 and 9843-AE3
FlashSystem 900 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2
SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family
Oracle Database Server
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
IBM Sterling Control Center
tomcat
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11784
Dell Support Assist Enterprise - update to 4.00.06.00
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.0.0.5.116
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.0.0.5.116
IBM Sterling Control Center - addressed in versions 6.2.1.0.14, 6.3.1.0.3
tomcat - addressed in versions 7.0.92-1.el6, 8.5.35-1.fc28, 9.0.13-1.fc29
SAN Volume Controller and Storwize Family - addressed in versions 7.8.1.8, 8.1.3.4, 8.2.0.2, 8.2.1.0
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Open redirect in Apache Tomcat
- OpenSUSE Linux update for tomcat
- Amazon Linux AMI update for tomcat7
- OpenSUSE Linux update for tomcat
- Amazon Linux AMI update for tomcat8
- Red Hat update for tomcat
- Red Hat update for pki-deps:10.6
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Database Server
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell EMC Unity Family
- Open redirect in IBM FlashSystem 840 and 900
- Open redirect in IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM Storwize, IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM FlashSystem products
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Dell Support Assist Enterprise
- IBM Sterling Control Center update for Apache Tomcat
- Fedora 28 update for tomcat
- Fedora EPEL 6 update for tomcat
- Fedora 29 update for tomcat