Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.84, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.27 only apply security constraints defined by Servlets once those Servlets are loaded. Depending on the order that Servlets load, some security constraints may not be applied leading to unintended resource exposure.

External References:

https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#FixedinApacheTomcat7.0.85 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.0.50 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.5.28

Upstream Fixes:

Tomcat 7.0.x:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823322 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1824360

Tomcat 8.0.x:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823319 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1824359

Tomcat 8.5.x:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823314 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1824358

Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.84, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.27 does not properly handle the URL empty string ("") when used as part of a security constraint definition. This can lead to the security constraint being ignored, leading to unitended exposure of resources.

External References:

https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#FixedinApacheTomcat7.0.85 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.0.50 https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.5.28

Upstream Bug Report:

https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/showbug.cgi?id=62067

Upstream Fixes:

Tomcat 7.0.x:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823309

Tomcat 8.0.x:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1814827

Tomcat 8.5.x:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1823307

ResourceLinkFactory.setGlobalContext() is a public method and was accessible by web applications running under a security manager without any checks. This allowed a malicious web application to inject a malicious global context that could in turn be used to disrupt other web applications and/or read and write data owned by other web applications.

External references:

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Feb/147

Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 does not place org.apache.catalina.manager.StatusManagerServlet on the org/apache/catalina/core/RestrictedServlets.properties list, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and read arbitrary HTTP requests, and consequently discover session ID values, via a crafted web application.

Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINABASE/webapps directory.

The Mapper component in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.30, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 processes redirects before considering security constraints and Filters, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of a directory via a URL that lacks a trailing / (slash) character.

It was found that the expression language resolver evaluated expressions within a privileged code section. A malicious web application could use this flaw to bypass security manager protections.

Upstream patches:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1644019 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1645644

External References:

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#FixedinApacheTomcat6.0.44 http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#FixedinApacheTomcat7.0.59 http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#FixedinApacheTomcat8.0.17

Last updated 24 July 2024

It was discovered that ICC profiles were not parsed correctly. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to cause a denial of service.

Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 allows attackers to obtain "Tomcat internals" information by leveraging the presence of an untrusted web application with a context.xml, web.xml, .jspx, .tagx, or .tld XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component in Oracle Java SE 5.0u75, 6u85, 7u72, and 8u25; Java SE Embedded 7u71 and 8u6; and JRockit R27.8.4 and R28.3.4 allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Security.

Last updated 15 January 2025

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.

In OpenCV 3.3.1, an assertion failure happens in cv::RBaseStream::setPos in modules/imgcodecs/src/bitstrm.cpp because of an incorrect integer cast.

In OpenCV 3.3.1, a heap-based buffer overflow happens in cv::Jpeg2KDecoder::readComponent8u in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmtjpeg2000.cpp when parsing a crafted image file.

OpenCV 3.3.1 has a Buffer Overflow in the cv::PxMDecoder::readData function in grfmtpxm.cpp, because an incorrect size value is used.

libming 0.4.8 has a NULL pointer dereference in the getInt function of the decompile.c file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

In GraphicsMagick 1.3.28, there is a divide-by-zero in the ReadMNGImage function of coders/png.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash and denial of service via a crafted mng file.

Roland Gruber Softwareentwicklung LDAP Account Manager before 6.3 has XSS via the dn parameter to the templates/3rdParty/pla/htdocs/cmd.php URI or the template parameter to the templates/3rdParty/pla/htdocs/cmd.php?cmd=renameform URI.

DISPUTED Race condition in the storeintwithrestart() function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging root access to write to the checkinterval file in a /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheck<cpu number> directory. NOTE: a third party has indicated that this report is not security relevant.

In libming 0.4.8, a memory exhaustion vulnerability was found in the function parseSWFACTIONRECORD in util/parser.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in strlenext in util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT8 data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for DOUBLE data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 during a RegisterNumber sprintf. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the function getName in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT16 data. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the getString function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for INTEGER data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the getName function of util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT8 data. A Crafted input will lead to a denial of service attack.

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in getString in util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8 for CONSTANT16 data. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.

A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in newVar3 in util/decompile.c in libming 0.4.8. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service.