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CVE-2017-12617

CVE-2017-12617HIGH

Apache Tomcat

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS    %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   N  U  H  H  H    8.1   .9997   100.0   YES

AFFECTED
  Product        Versions             Fixed
  Apache Tomcat  9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0 –  —

TIMELINE
  Aug 7   Reserved by apache
  Oct 3   Published (CNA: apache)
  Mar 25  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-15

CWE-434 · CNA: apache · CVSS v3.1 · 45 references · NVD status: Analyzed · KEV due April 15, 2022

Description

When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
August 7, 2017	Reserved	Reserved by apache
October 3, 2017	Published	Published (CNA: apache)
March 25, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-15

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Tomcat	—	9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-434

References (45)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100954 [Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039552 [Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3080 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3081 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3113 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3114 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466 [Third Party Advisory]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939 [Third Party Advisory]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3fd341a604c4e9eab39e7eaabbbac39c30101a022acc11dd09d7ebcb%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Issue Tracking, Mailing List]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E [Mailing List, Patch]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00009.html [Mailing List, Third Party Advisory]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0002/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180117-0002/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53173544 [Third Party Advisory]
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03812en_us [Third Party Advisory]
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03828en_us [Third Party Advisory]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1/ [Third Party Advisory]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-12617 [US Government Resource]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42966/ [Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43008/ [Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html [Patch, Third Party Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2017-12617 at cve.org

Vendors: apache

Weaknesses: CWE-434

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