PT-2017-12602
CVE-2017-12616
·
Published
2017-08-16
·
Updated
2026-10-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.80
Description
The issue allows bypassing security constraints and/or viewing the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request. This is possible when using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat.
Recommendations
For Apache Tomcat versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.80, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue.
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾