CVE-2023-28708

Public on 2023-03-22
Modified on 2024-05-17
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 severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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