CVE-2018-1304

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    CVE-2018-1304

    Published: 28 Feb 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the context root was not correctly handled in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4, 8.5.0 to 8.5.27, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.84 when used as part of a security constraint definition. This caused the constraint to be ignored. It was, therefore, possible for unauthorised users to gain access to web application resources that should have been protected. Only security constraints with a URL pattern of the empty string were affected.

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.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/b1d7e2425d6fd2cebed40d318f9365b44546077e10949b01b1f8a0fb%40%3Cannounce.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://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103170, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040427, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1320, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1447, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1448, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1449, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1450, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1451, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2205, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00008.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00044.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4281, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00004.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180706-0001/, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e498667bd7811e846771a852b16ce9f1e524b81b
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    9.0.0-milestone1
    9.0.0-milestone10
    9.0.0-milestone11
    9.0.0-milestone12
    9.0.0-milestone13
    9.0.0-milestone14
    9.0.0-milestone15
    9.0.0-milestone16
    9.0.0-milestone17
    9.0.0-milestone18
    9.0.0-milestone19
    9.0.0-milestone2
    9.0.0-milestone20
    9.0.0-milestone21
    9.0.0-milestone22
    9.0.0-milestone23
    9.0.0-milestone24
    9.0.0-milestone25
    9.0.0-milestone26
    9.0.0-milestone27
    9.0.0-milestone3
    9.0.0-milestone4
    9.0.0-milestone5
    9.0.0-milestone6
    9.0.0-milestone7
    9.0.0-milestone8
    9.0.0-milestone9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High