Security Bulletin
Summary
Public disclosed vulnerability from Apache Tomcat
Vulnerability Details
CVEID:
CVE-2018-1305
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to properly enforce security constraints that are defined by annotations of Servlets in certain cases. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security constraints to access restricted resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139475
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
DESCRIPTION: Apache Tomcat could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the failure to properly enforce security constraint definitions that contain a URL pattern of "" (the empty string) that exactly maps to the context root. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security constraints to access restricted resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/139476
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.0 to 7.3.1 Patch 4
Remediation/Fixes
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 February 2019
UID
ibm10719117