CVE-2019-0232: OS Command Injection
First published: Wed Apr 10 2019(Updated: )
A flaw was discovered in Apache Tomcat, where a Java Runtime Environment can pass a command-line argument in the Windows operating system. The execution of arbitrary commands via Tomcat’s Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Servlet, allows an attacker to perform remote code execution.
Credit: security@apache.org security@apache.org security@apache.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/jws5-ecj | <0:4.12.0-1.redhat_1.1.el6 | 0:4.12.0-1.redhat_1.1.el6 |
| redhat/jws5-javapackages-tools | <0:3.4.1-5.15.11.el6 | 0:3.4.1-5.15.11.el6 |
| redhat/jws5-jboss-logging | <0:3.3.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6 | 0:3.3.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat | <0:9.0.21-10.redhat_4.1.el6 | 0:9.0.21-10.redhat_4.1.el6 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat-native | <0:1.2.21-34.redhat_34.el6 | 0:1.2.21-34.redhat_34.el6 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat-vault | <0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.el6 | 0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.el6 |
| redhat/jws5-ecj | <0:4.12.0-1.redhat_1.1.el7 | 0:4.12.0-1.redhat_1.1.el7 |
| redhat/jws5-javapackages-tools | <0:3.4.1-5.15.11.el7 | 0:3.4.1-5.15.11.el7 |
| redhat/jws5-jboss-logging | <0:3.3.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7 | 0:3.3.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat | <0:9.0.21-10.redhat_4.1.el7 | 0:9.0.21-10.redhat_4.1.el7 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat-native | <0:1.2.21-34.redhat_34.el7 | 0:1.2.21-34.redhat_34.el7 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat-vault | <0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.el7 | 0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.el7 |
| redhat/jws5-ecj | <0:4.12.0-1.redhat_1.1.el8 | 0:4.12.0-1.redhat_1.1.el8 |
| redhat/jws5-javapackages-tools | <0:3.4.1-5.15.11.el8 | 0:3.4.1-5.15.11.el8 |
| redhat/jws5-jboss-logging | <0:3.3.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8 | 0:3.3.2-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat | <0:9.0.21-10.redhat_4.1.el8 | 0:9.0.21-10.redhat_4.1.el8 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat-native | <0:1.2.21-34.redhat_34.el8 | 0:1.2.21-34.redhat_34.el8 |
| redhat/jws5-tomcat-vault | <0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.el8 | 0:1.1.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.el8 |
| Apache Tomcat | >=7.0.0<=7.0.93 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=8.5.0<=8.5.39 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=9.0.1<=9.0.17 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m10 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m11 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m12 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m13 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m14 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m15 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m16 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m17 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m18 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m19 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m20 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m21 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m22 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m23 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m24 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m25 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m26 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-m9 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| IBM GDE | <=3.0.0.2 | |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=9.0.0.M1<9.0.17 | 9.0.17 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=7.0.0<7.0.94 | 7.0.94 |
| maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core | >=8.0.0<8.5.40 | 8.5.40 |
| All of | ||
| Any of | ||
| Apache Tomcat | >=7.0.0<=7.0.93 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=8.5.0<=8.5.39 | |
| Apache Tomcat | >=9.0.1<=9.0.17 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone1 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone10 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone11 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone12 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone13 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone14 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone15 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone16 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone17 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone18 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone19 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone2 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone20 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone21 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone22 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone23 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone24 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone25 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone26 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone3 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone4 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone5 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone6 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone7 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone8 | |
| Apache Tomcat | =9.0.0-milestone9 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| redhat/tomcat | <7.0.94 | 7.0.94 |
| redhat/tomcat | <8.5.40 | 8.5.40 |
| redhat/tomcat | <9.0.19 | 9.0.19 |
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Reference Links
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0232
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1712
- https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/uncovering-cve-2019-0232-a-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-apache-tomcat/
- https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-windows.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/673b6148d92cd7bc99ea2dcf85ad75d57da44fc322d51f37fb529a2a@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/96849486813a95dfd542e1618b7923ca945508aaf4a4341f674d83e3@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a6c87a09a71162fd563ab1c4e70a08a103e0b7c199fc391f1c9c4c35@%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dd4b325cdb261183dbf5ce913c102920a8f09c26dae666a98309165b@%3Cnotifications.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f4d48b32ef2b6aa49c8830241a9475da5b46e451f964b291c7a0a715@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6d03e45b81eab03580cf7f8bb51cb3e9a1b10a2cc0c6a2d3cc92ed0c@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190419-0001/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144344/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way/
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2019-784
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_17
- https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2019/04/30/remote-code-execution-rce-in-cgi-servlet-apache-tomcat-on-windows-cve-2019-0232/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153506/Apache-Tomcat-CGIServlet-enableCmdLineArguments-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/4
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/52ffb9fbf661245386a83a661183d13f1de2e5779fa23837a08e02ac%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5f297a4b9080b5f65a05bc139596d0e437d6a539b25e31d29d028767%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/673b6148d92cd7bc99ea2dcf85ad75d57da44fc322d51f37fb529a2a%40%3Ccommits.ofbiz.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f4d48b32ef2b6aa49c8830241a9475da5b46e451f964b291c7a0a715%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227030103/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107906
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- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6320835 (Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107906
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/7f0221b
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-0232
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1701056
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0232 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0232
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3929
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the vulnerability ID for this flaw?
The vulnerability ID for this flaw is CVE-2019-0232.
What is the severity level of CVE-2019-0232?
The severity level of CVE-2019-0232 is high.
Which versions of Apache Tomcat are affected by CVE-2019-0232?
Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39, and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 are affected by CVE-2019-0232.
How can this vulnerability be exploited?
This vulnerability can be exploited through Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows.
Where can I find more information about CVE-2019-0232?
More information about CVE-2019-0232 can be found on the Apache Tomcat security page: [http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html](http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html), [http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html](http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html), [http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html](http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html).
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