CVE-2017-12616
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 19, 2017
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 7, 2017
Description
When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Apache TomcatApache Software Foundation |
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References
- 1039393vdb-entry
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03828en_us
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_54_Tomcat
- RHSA-2018:0465vendor-advisory
- USN-3665-1vendor-advisory
- 100897vdb-entry
- RHSA-2018:0466vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0001/
- [announce] 20170919 [SECURITY] CVE-2017-12616 Apache Tomcat Information Disclosuremailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180627 [SECURITY] [DLA 1400-1] tomcat7 security updatemailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [16/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [17/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/mailing-list
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/mailing-list
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