ALASTOMCAT8.5-2023-003

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-34305  

A flaw was found in the Apache Tomcat package. An example web application did not filter the form authentication example, exposing a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. (CVE-2022-34305)

ALASTOMCAT8.5-2023-003


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASTOMCAT8.5-2023-003
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-21 20:58 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-25 21:59 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in the Apache Tomcat package. An example web application did not filter the form authentication example, exposing a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. (CVE-2022-34305)


Affected Packages:

tomcat


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

New Packages:
noarch:
    tomcat-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-admin-webapps-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-docs-webapp-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-javadoc-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-jsvc-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-jsp-2.3-api-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-lib-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-servlet-3.1-api-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-el-3.0-api-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    tomcat-webapps-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch

src:
    tomcat-8.5.79-1.amzn2.0.2.src