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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4
Aliases CVE-2017-12616
Summary Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Tomcat 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4/GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4.json
generic_textual HIGH
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466
https://github.com/apache/tomcat
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1df9b4552464caa42047062fe7175da0da06c18ecc8daf99258bbda6@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00008.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0001
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03828en_us
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_54_Tomcat
CVE-2017-12616 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12616
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4/GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

There are no SSVC decisions available.