[SECURITY] CVE-2018-1305 Security constraint annotations applied too late

2018-02-22 Thread Mark Thomas 
CVE-2018-1305 Security constraint annotations applied too late

Severity: High

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.27
Apache Tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49
Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.84

Description:
Security constraints defined by annotations of Servlets were only
applied once a Servlet had been loaded. Because security constraints
defined in this way apply to the URL pattern and any URLs below that
point, it was possible - depending on the order Servlets were loaded -
for some security constraints not to be applied. This could have exposed
resources to users who were not authorised to access them.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations. Upgrade to:
- Apache Tomcat 9.0.5 or later
- Apache Tomcat 8.5.28 or later
- Apache Tomcat 8.0.50 or later
- Apache Tomcat 7.0.85 or later

Credit:
This issue was identified by the Apache Tomcat Security Team.

History:
2018-02-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
[2] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
[3] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

[SECURITY] CVE-2018-1304 Security constraints mapped to context root are ignored

2018-02-22 Thread Mark Thomas 
CVE-2018-1304 Security constraints mapped to context root are ignored

Severity: High

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.4
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.27
Apache Tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.49
Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.84

Description:
The URL pattern of "" (the empty string) which exactly maps to the
context root was not correctly handled 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.

Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Review security constraints and confirm none use a URL patten of ""
  (the empty string)
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.5 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 8.5.28 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 8.0.50 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 7.0.85 or later

Credit:
This issue was reported publicly as bug 62067 and the security
implications identified by the Apache Tomcat Security Team.

History:
2018-02-23 Original advisory

References:
[1] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
[2] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
[3] http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html