SB2023040615 - Debian update for tomcat9
Published: April 6, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42252)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers via an invalid
Content-Length header.
Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks but requires Tomcat to be configured to ignore invalid HTTP headers via setting
rejectIllegalHeader to false (not the default configuration).
2) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45143)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to manipulate server output.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the JsonErrorReportValve when handling type, message or description values. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and manipulate or invalidate JSON output.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) Sensitive cookie in HTTPS session without Secure attribute (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28708)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to Apache Tomcat does not set the "Secure" attribute for the JSESSIONID session cookie when using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https. A remote attacker can force the application to transmit cookie via an insecure channel and intercept it.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.