ALASTOMCAT8.5-2023-008

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-9484  

A deserialization flaw was discovered in Apache Tomcat's use of a FileStore. Under specific circumstances, an attacker can use a specially crafted request to trigger Remote Code Execution through deserialization of the file under their control. The highest threat from the vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-9484)

ALASTOMCAT8.5-2023-008


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASTOMCAT8.5-2023-008
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-21 20:58 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-25 21:58 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

A deserialization flaw was discovered in Apache Tomcat's use of a FileStore. Under specific circumstances, an attacker can use a specially crafted request to trigger Remote Code Execution through deserialization of the file under their control. The highest threat from the vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-9484)


Affected Packages:

tomcat


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

New Packages:
noarch:
    tomcat-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-admin-webapps-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-docs-webapp-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-javadoc-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-jsvc-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-jsp-2.3-api-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-lib-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-servlet-3.1-api-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-el-3.0-api-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch
    tomcat-webapps-8.5.56-1.amzn2.noarch

src:
    tomcat-8.5.56-1.amzn2.src