Security restrictions bypass in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2017-7675

 

Security restrictions bypass in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2017-7675

Published: October 5, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8698
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7675
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the HTTP/2 implementation. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted URL and bypass security restraints to conduct further attacks.

Affected software

Apache Tomcat
Debian Linux
Dell Support Assist Enterprise
IBM Algo One Core

How to mitigate CVE-2017-7675

Update to version 8.5.16.

Dell Support Assist Enterprise - update to 4.00.06.00

External References

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