ALAS-2024-2501

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-45648  

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.81 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.93 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A specially crafted, invalid trailer header could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M12 onwards, 10.1.14 onwards, 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fix the issue. (CVE-2023-45648)

ALAS-2024-2501


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2501
Advisory Release Date: 2024-03-13 20:26 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-18 20:23 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M11, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.13, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.81 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.93 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A specially crafted, invalid trailer header could cause Tomcat to treat a single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request smuggling when behind a reverse proxy. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M12 onwards, 10.1.14 onwards, 9.0.81 onwards or 8.5.94 onwards, which fix the issue. (CVE-2023-45648)


Affected Packages:

tomcat


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update tomcat to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    tomcat-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-javadoc-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-jsvc-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-lib-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch
    tomcat-webapps-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.noarch

src:
    tomcat-7.0.76-10.amzn2.0.7.src