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Apache Tomcat: Important: Security constraint annotations applied too late (CVE-2018-1305)

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Apache Tomcat: Important: Security constraint annotations applied too late (CVE-2018-1305)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/26/2018
Modified
06/08/2021

Description

Security constraints defined by annotations of Servlets in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4, 8.5.0 to 8.5.27, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.84 were only applied once a Servlet had been loaded. Because security constraints defined in this way apply to the URL pattern and any URLs below that point, it was possible - depending on the order Servlets were loaded - for some security constraints not to be applied. This could have exposed resources to users who were not authorised to access them.

Solution(s)

  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-7_0_85
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_0_50
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_5_28
  • apache-tomcat-upgrade-9_0_5

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