vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-17563: Security patch for tomcat8 (ALAS-2020-1337)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 23, 2019 | Jan 17, 2020 | Mar 2, 2020 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 23, 2019
Added
Jan 17, 2020
Modified
Mar 2, 2020
Description
When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has been treated as a security vulnerability.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-tomcat8
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