The URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled 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 when used as part of a security constraint definition. This caused the constraint to be ignored. It was, therefore, possible for unauthorised users to gain access to web application resources that should have been protected. Only security constraints with a URL pattern of the empty string were affected.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-jsvcUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-webapps | Apr 27, 2020 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat7Upgrade tomcat80Upgrade tomcat8 | Mar 25, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Apache Tomcat | — | Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 8.5.28Upgrade Apache Tomcat to the latest available versionUpgrade Apache Tomcat to 8.0.50Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 9.0.5Upgrade Apache Tomcat to 7.0.85 | Feb 28, 2018 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-jsvc | Aug 28, 2019 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade tomcat7 | Aug 30, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade tomcat | Feb 28, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-lib | Dec 4, 2019 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-webapps | Dec 18, 2019 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-api | Sep 24, 2019 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat-8 to version 8.5.28-0.175.3.31.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat-8/tomcat-admin to version 8.5.28-0.175.3.31.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/java-servlet/tomcat-8/tomcat-examples to version 8.5.28-0.175.3.31.0.1.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Apr 18, 2018 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-jsvcUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-api | Aug 15, 2019 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Red Hat Jboss Eap | — | Upgrade Red Hat JBoss EAP to the latest version | Sep 19, 2024 | Jan 31, 2018 |
| Red_hat Jboss_eap | — | — | Nov 14, 2019 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade tomcat-jsvcUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-el-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3.0-apiUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2.2-apiUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat-admin-webapps | Aug 7, 2019 | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade tomcat6-jsp-2_1-apiUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2_2-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3_1-apiUpgrade tomcat-webappsUpgrade tomcat-javadocUpgrade tomcat-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat6-javadocUpgrade tomcat-el-2_2-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-4_0-apiUpgrade tomcat-libUpgrade tomcat6-libUpgrade tomcat-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-admin-webappsUpgrade tomcat-jsp-2_3-apiUpgrade tomcat-servlet-3_0-apiUpgrade tomcatUpgrade tomcat6-docs-webappUpgrade tomcat6-servlet-2_5-apiUpgrade tomcat6-webappsUpgrade tomcat6Upgrade tomcat-el-3_0-api | Mar 27, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade tomcat8Upgrade tomcat7Upgrade libtomcat8-javaUpgrade libtomcat7-java | Jun 8, 2018 | Feb 23, 2018 |
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