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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-12616: Security patch for tomcat7 (ALAS-2023-1738)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-12616: Security patch for tomcat7 (ALAS-2023-1738)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/19/2017
Created
05/18/2023
Added
05/17/2023
Modified
05/17/2023

Description

When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-tomcat7

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