ALASTOMCAT9-2024-012

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)

ALASTOMCAT9-2024-012


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASTOMCAT9-2024-012
Advisory Release Date: 2024-03-13 20:08 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-18 21:28 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 - Tomcat9 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and 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-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    tomcat-jsvc-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    tomcat-jsp-2.3-api-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    tomcat-lib-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    tomcat-servlet-4.0-api-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    tomcat-el-3.0-api-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    tomcat-webapps-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch

src:
    tomcat-9.0.83-1.amzn2.0.1.src