CVE-2020-1938
Public on 2020-02-24
Modified on 2021-08-20
Description
CVE-2020-1938 is a file read/inclusion vulnerability in the AJP connector in Apache Tomcat. This is enabled by default with a default configuration port of 8009. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read web application files from a vulnerable server. In instances where the vulnerable server allows file uploads, an attacker could upload malicious JavaServer Pages (JSP) code within a variety of file types and trigger this vulnerability to gain remote code execution (RCE).
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | tomcat | 2020-03-09 | ALAS2-2020-1402 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Tomcat8.5 Extra | tomcat | 2023-08-21 | ALAS2TOMCAT8.5-2023-012 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat7 | 2020-03-09 | ALAS-2020-1352 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat8 | 2020-03-09 | ALAS-2020-1353 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |