CVE-2018-8020

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-8020  

When using pre-produced responses from an OCSP responder, Tomcat Native did not correctly validate the status of certificates. This allowed for revoked client certificates to be incorrectly identified. It was therefore possible for users to authenticate with revoked certificates when using mutual TLS.

When using pre-produced responses from an OCSP responder, Tomcat Native did not correctly validate the status of certificates. This allowed for revoked client certificates to be incorrectly identified. It was therefore possible for users to authenticate with revoked certificates when using mutual TLS.

Find out more about CVE-2018-8020 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 7.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 6 (tomcat-native) RHSA-2018:2469 2018-08-16
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 for RHEL 7 (tomcat-native) RHSA-2018:2469 2018-08-16
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1 RHSA-2018:2470 2018-08-16

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 tomcat-native Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 tomcat-native Affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 tomcat-native Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Coty Sutherland (Red Hat).

External References