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Red Hat JBossEAP: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CVE-2017-12616)

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Red Hat JBossEAP: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CVE-2017-12616)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/19/2017
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/19/2024
Modified
09/20/2024

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)

  • red-hat-jboss-eap-upgrade-latest

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