CVE-2017-12616 (High) detected in tomcat-catalina-7.0.42.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2017-12616 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - tomcat-catalina-7.0.42.jar

Tomcat Servlet Engine Core Classes and Standard implementations

Library home page: http://tomcat.apache.org/

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ tomcat-catalina-7.0.42.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 910335bf446a1a65011c17bf5badb72c4d4efc50

Vulnerability Details

When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.

Publish Date: 2017-09-19

URL: CVE-2017-12616

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12616

Release Date: 2017-09-19

Fix Resolution: org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:7.0.81,org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:7.0.81

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ℹ️ This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because it is a duplicate of an existing issue: #97