The body of the original advisory referred to CVE-2017-7674. This was incorrect. It was a copy and paste error from a previous Tomcat advisory.
The correct CVE reference is CVE-2017-12616, as per the subject line. On 19/09/17 11:58, Mark Thomas wrote: > CVE-2017-7674 Apache Tomcat Information Disclosure > > Severity: Important > > Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation > > Versions Affected: > Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 > > Description: > When using a VirtualDirContext it was possible to bypass security > constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by > the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request. > > Mitigation: > Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following > mitigations: > - Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 7.0.81 > > Credit: > This issue was identified by the Tomcat Security Team while > investigating CVE-2017-12615. > > History: > 2017-09-19 Original advisory > > References: > [1] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html >
