CVE-2023-28708
Public on 2023-03-22
Modified on 2023-03-24
Description
When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | tomcat | 2023-04-27 | ALAS2-2023-2020 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Tomcat8.5 Extra | tomcat | 2023-08-21 | ALAS2TOMCAT8.5-2023-013 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Tomcat9 Extra | tomcat | 2023-08-21 | ALAS2TOMCAT9-2023-008 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | tomcat8 | 2023-04-13 | ALAS-2023-1732 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | tomcat9 | 2023-04-27 | ALAS2023-2023-176 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |