CVE-2018-11784
Public on 2018-10-04
Modified on 2019-05-20
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | tomcat | 2019-04-04 | ALAS2-2019-1192 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat7 | 2018-11-05 | ALAS-2018-1099 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat8 | 2019-05-16 | ALAS-2019-1208 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |