vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3787-1 (CVE-2018-11784): Tomcat vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Oct 4, 2018 | Oct 18, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 4, 2018
Added
Oct 18, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
When the default servlet in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.33 and 7.0.23 to 7.0.90 returned a redirect to a directory (e.g. redirecting to '/foo/' when the user requested '/foo') a specially crafted URL could be used to cause the redirect to be generated to any URI of the attackers choice.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libtomcat7-javaubuntu-upgrade-libtomcat8-javaubuntu-upgrade-tomcat7ubuntu-upgrade-tomcat8
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