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High ALAS2-2020-1449 1 CVE

Important: tomcat security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jun 26, 2020 · Updated Jul 1, 2020

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-9484: When using Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a FileStore; and c) the PersistenceManager is configured with sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the attacker provided object to be deserialized; and d) the attacker knows the relative file path from the storage location used by FileStore to the file the attacker has control over; then, using a specifically crafted request, the attacker will be able to trigger remote code execution via deserialization of the file under their control. Note that all of conditions a) to d) must be true for the attack to succeed. 1838332: CVE-2020-9484 tomcat: deserialization flaw in session persistence storage leading to RCE

Fixed packages 10

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-admin-webapps 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-docs-webapp 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-el-2.2-api 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-javadoc 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-jsp-2.2-api 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-jsvc 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-lib 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-servlet-3.0-api 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2
Amazon Linux · 2 tomcat-webapps 0:7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.0
    CVE-2020-9484 Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 56%

    Potential remote code execution in Apache Tomcat

    When using Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34, 8.5.0 to 8.5.54 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.103 if a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on the server; and b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManage…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-9484.html