CVE-2017-12617
Public on 2017-10-04
Modified on 2024-01-19
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in Tomcat where if a servlet context was configured with readonly=false and HTTP PUT requests were allowed, an attacker could upload a JSP file to that context and achieve code execution.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | tomcat | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Tomcat8.5 Extra | tomcat | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Tomcat9 Extra | tomcat | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat7 | 2017-10-26 | ALAS-2017-913 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat8 | 2017-10-26 | ALAS-2017-913 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat80 | 2017-10-26 | ALAS-2017-913 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |