QID 355337

Date Published: 2023-06-21

QID 355337: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for tomcat9 : ALAS2023-2023-059

The fix for bug( CVE-2020-9484 introduced a time of check, time of use vulnerability into apache tomcat 10.1.0-m1 to 10.1.0-m8, 10.0.0-m5 to 10.0.14, 9.0.35 to 9.0.56 and 8.5.55 to 8.5.73 that allowed a local attacker to perform actions with the privileges of the user that the tomcat process is using.
This issue is only exploitable when tomcat is configured to persist sessions using the filestore. (
( CVE-2022-23181)



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 3.7 severity.
  • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2023-2023-059 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
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    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS2023-2023-059 amazon linux 2023 URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-059.html