SB2017082110 - Fedora 26 update for tomcat
Published: August 21, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017082110
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7674)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct client and server side cache poisoning.The weakness exists due to the failure to add an HTTP Vary header indicating that the response varies depending on Origin by the CORS Filter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and conduct client and server side cache poisoning.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.