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    CVE-2018-11784

    When the default servlet in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.11, 8.5.0 to 8.5.33 and 7.0.23 to 7.0.90 returned a redirect to a directory (e.g. redirecting to '/foo/' when the user requested '/foo') a specially crafted URL could be used to cause the redirect to be generated to any URI of the attackers choice.

    Published:Oct 3, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Oct 4, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.84899
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Tomcat
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Snap Creator Framework
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Communications Application Session Controller
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Hospitality Guest Access
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Instantis Enterprisetrack
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Retail Order Broker
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Secure Global Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Aus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Tus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Web Server

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50118https://github.com/Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2018-11784

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00030.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00056.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163456/Apache-Tomcat-9.0.0M1-Open-Redirect.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105524
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0130
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0131
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0485
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1529
    https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/23134c9b5a23892a205dc140cdd8c9c0add233600f76b313dda6bd75%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00005.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00006.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZ4PX4B3QTKRM35VJAVIEOPZAF76RPBP/
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181014-0002/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3787-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00030.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00056.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163456/Apache-Tomcat-9.0.0M1-Open-Redirect.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105524
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0130
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0131
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0485
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1529
    https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10284
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/23134c9b5a23892a205dc140cdd8c9c0add233600f76b313dda6bd75%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00005.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00006.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZ4PX4B3QTKRM35VJAVIEOPZAF76RPBP/
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/43
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181014-0002/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3787-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4596
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
    https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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