Security Alert (A19-04-04): Vulnerability in Apache Tomcat


 

Published on: 15 April 2019

Description:

Apache Software Foundation has released new versions of Apache Tomcat 7, 8 and 9 to address a vulnerability in CGI servlet. Attackers could exploit the vulnerability to pass command line arguments to the Windows environment through the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

 

Affected Systems:

  • Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.93
  • Apache Tomcat versions 8.5.0 to 8.5.39
  • Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17

 

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution on an affected system.

 

Recommendation:

The Apache Software Foundation has released new version of the products to address the issue and they can be downloaded at the following URL:

  • https://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi
  • https://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi
  • https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi

 

More Information:

https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.94
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.40
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.19
http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201904.mbox/%3C13d878ec-5d49-c348-48d4-25a6c81b9605%40apache.org%3E
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/04/14/Apache-Releases-Security-Updates-Apache-Tomcat
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-0232

 



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