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CVE-2018-8014

Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

Published: May 16, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.7 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8014
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1188.html

The defaults settings for the CORS filter provided in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.8, 8.5.0 to 8.5.31, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.52, 7.0.41 to 7.0.88 are insecure and enable supportsCredentials for all origins. It is expected that users of the CORS filter will have configured it appropriately for their environment rather than using it in the default configuration. Therefore, it is expected that most users will not be impacted by this issue.

Weakness

The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the product’s installer, administrator, or maintainer, but the default is not secure.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TomcatApache7.0.41 (including)7.0.88 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0 (including)8.0.52 (including)
TomcatApache8.5.0 (including)8.5.31 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0 (including)9.0.8 (including)
TomcatApache8.0.0-rc1 (including)8.0.0-rc1 (including)
TomcatApache9.0.0-milestone1 (including)9.0.0-milestone1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHattomcat-0:7.0.76-9.el7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatpki-deps:10.6-8000020190524054914.55190bc5*
Red Hat Fuse 7.2RedHattomcat*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1RedHattomcat7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.1RedHattomcat8*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat7-0:7.0.70-27.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat8-0:8.0.36-31.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 6RedHattomcat-native-0:1.2.17-17.redhat_17.ep7.el6*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat7-0:7.0.70-27.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat8-0:8.0.36-31.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 for RHEL 7RedHattomcat-native-0:1.2.17-17.redhat_17.ep7.el7*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0RedHattomcat*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 6RedHatjws5-ecj-0:4.6.1-6.redhat_1.1.el6jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 6RedHatjws5-javapackages-tools-0:3.4.1-5.15.10.el6jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 6RedHatjws5-jboss-logging-0:3.3.1-5.Final_redhat_1.1.el6jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 6RedHatjws5-mod_cluster-0:1.4.0-9.Final_redhat_1.1.el6jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 6RedHatjws5-tomcat-0:9.0.7-17.redhat_16.1.el6jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 6RedHatjws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.17-26.redhat_26.el6jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 6RedHatjws5-tomcat-vault-0:1.1.7-5.Final_redhat_2.1.el6jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 7RedHatjws5-ecj-0:4.6.1-6.redhat_1.1.el7jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 7RedHatjws5-javapackages-tools-0:3.4.1-5.15.10.el7jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 7RedHatjws5-jboss-logging-0:3.3.1-5.Final_redhat_1.1.el7jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 7RedHatjws5-mod_cluster-0:1.4.0-9.Final_redhat_1.1.el7jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 7RedHatjws5-tomcat-0:9.0.7-17.redhat_16.1.el7jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 7RedHatjws5-tomcat-native-0:1.2.17-26.redhat_26.el7jws*
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5.0 on RHEL 7RedHatjws5-tomcat-vault-0:1.1.7-5.Final_redhat_2.1.el7jws*
Tomcat7Ubuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Tomcat7Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Tomcat7Ubuntutrusty*
Tomcat7Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Tomcat7Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat7Ubuntuxenial*
Tomcat8Ubuntuartful*
Tomcat8Ubuntubionic*
Tomcat8Ubuntucosmic*
Tomcat8Ubuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Tomcat8Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Tomcat8Ubuntuupstream*
Tomcat8Ubuntuxenial*
Tomcat8.0Ubuntuartful*
Tomcat8.0Ubuntuupstream*

References

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