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CVE-2017-5664in critical feed

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Apache Tomcat

Also known as GHSA-jmvv-524f-hj5j

Published 9 y ago · modified 22 d ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
16.6%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
0
none known

The error page mechanism of the Java Servlet Specification requires that, when an error occurs and an error page is configured for the error that occurred, the original request and response are forwarded to the error page. This means that the request is presented to the error page with the original HTTP method. If the error page is a static file, expected behaviour is to serve content of the file as if processing a GET request, regardless of the actual HTTP method. The Default Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M20, 8.5.0 to 8.5.14, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.43 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.77 did not do this. Depending on the original request this could lead to unexpected and undesirable results for static error pages including, if the DefaultServlet is configured to permit writes, the replacement or removal of the custom error page. Notes for other user provided error pages: (1) Unless explicitly coded otherwise, JSPs ignore the HTTP method. JSPs used as error pages must must ensure that they handle any error dispatch as a GET request, regardless of the actual method. (2) By default, the response generated by a Servlet does depend on the HTTP method. Custom Servlets used as error pages must ensure that they handle any error dispatch as a GET request, regardless of the actual method.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 d ago

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

16.57% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=9.0.0.M1, <9.0.0.M21
>=8.5.0, <8.5.15
>=8.0.0, <8.0.44
>=7.0.0, <7.0.78
9.0.0.M21
8.5.15
8.0.44
7.0.78

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

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  • oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
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  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
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  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apac · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
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  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5664 · advisory
  • github.com /apache/tomcat80/commit/e070a31ec81b56377822e44883c64abb41f36a3b · web
  • github.com /apache/tomcat80/commit/25d3c0d93190ef165ecd6c744bc15b5059abfa8f · web
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  • lists.apache.org /thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0@%3Cdev.tomcat.apach · web
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Sources

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