SB2018081103 - Fedora 28 update for tomcat

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SB2018081103 - Fedora 28 update for tomcat

Published: August 11, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018081103
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8014)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the defaults settings for the CORS filter are insecure and enable supportsCredentials for all origins. It is expected that users of the CORS filter will have configured it appropriately for their environment rather than using it in the default configuration. A remote attacker can access important data.


2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8034)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to host name verification when using TLS with the WebSocket client was missing. A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass security restrictions when using TLS.


3) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8037)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of connection closures by the non-blocking I/O (NIO) and NIO2 connectors. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input, trigger bug in the tracking of connection closures, reuse user sessions in a new connection and access arbitrary data.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References