Number: AV19-081
Date: 16 April 2019
The Apache Software Foundation has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting its Apache Tomcat software (Tomcat Server). Specific conditions must be met in order for the vulnerability to be exploitable, namely, Tomcat Server must be running on Windows and the “enableCmdLineArguments” Tomcat environment parameter must be set. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system.
This vulnerability affects the following versions of Apache Tomcat:
- Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17
- Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.39
- Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.93
CCCS encourages users and administrators to review the Apache Tomcat webpage for the respective major versions and apply the necessary updates:
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.18 (Tomcat 9)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.40 (Tomcat 8)
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.94 (Tomcat 7)
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