Apache Tomcat OS Command Injection vulnerability
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Apr 18, 2019
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Dec 8, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.40
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.94
>= 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.17
Patched versions
8.5.40
7.0.94
9.0.17
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Apr 15, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 18, 2019
Reviewed
Jun 16, 2020
Last updated
Dec 8, 2023
When running on Windows with enableCmdLineArguments enabled, the CGI Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows. The CGI Servlet is disabled by default. The CGI option enableCmdLineArguments is disable by default in Tomcat 9.0.x (and will be disabled by default in all versions in response to this vulnerability). For a detailed explanation of the JRE behaviour, see Markus Wulftange's blog (https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2016/02/java-and-command-line-injections-in-windows.html) and this archived MSDN blog (https://web.archive.org/web/20161228144344/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/twistylittlepassagesallalike/2011/04/23/everyone-quotes-command-line-arguments-the-wrong-way/).
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