ALAS-2024-1909

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-46589  

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.82 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit 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-M11 onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue. (CVE-2023-46589)

ALAS-2024-1909


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-1909
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-19 01:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-19 01:19 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Apache Tomcat.Tomcat from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M10, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.15, from 9.0.0-M1 through 9.0.82 and from 8.5.0 through 8.5.95 did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A trailer header that exceeded the header size limit 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-M11 onwards, 10.1.16 onwards, 9.0.83 onwards or 8.5.96 onwards, which fix the issue. (CVE-2023-46589)


Affected Packages:

tomcat8


Issue Correction:
Run yum update tomcat8 to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    tomcat8-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-webapps-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-admin-webapps-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-servlet-3.1-api-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-log4j-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-docs-webapp-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-jsp-2.3-api-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-lib-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-el-3.0-api-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch
    tomcat8-javadoc-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.noarch

src:
    tomcat8-8.5.96-1.96.amzn1.src