Apache Tomcat security update

Number: AV18-105
Date: 29 June 2018

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to an Apache Tomcat security update.

Assessment

A vulnerability VulnerabilityA flaw or weakness in the design or implementation of an information system or its environment that could be exploited to adversely affect an organization's assets or operations. in the Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) filter feature of Apache Tomcat could allow an unauthenticated, remote user to bypass security restrictions on a targeted system.

CVE References: CVE-2018-8014

Suggested action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor-released updates to affected applications accordingly.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8014

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fbfb713e4f8a4c0f81089b89450828011343593800cae3fb629192b1@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E

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