Vulnerability CVE-2017-12617
Published: 2017-10-03   Modified: 2017-10-04

Description:
When running Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0, 8.5.0 to 8.5.22, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.81 with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Apache Tomcat Upload Bypass / Remote Code Execution
intx0x80
11.10.2017
High
Tomcat JSP Upload Bypass Remote Code Execution
peewpw
12.10.2017
Med.
Tomcat Remote Code Execution via JSP Upload Bypass
peewpw
19.10.2017

Type:

CWE-434

 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Apache -> Tomcat 

 References:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100954
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039552
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3080
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3081
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3113
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3114
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0465
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0466
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2939
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3fd341a604c4e9eab39e7eaabbbac39c30101a022acc11dd09d7ebcb@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00009.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171018-0002/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180117-0002/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K53173544
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03812en_us
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03828en_us
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42966/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43008/
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
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