CVE-2023-28708 (Medium) detected in tomcat-embed-core-9.0.68.jar

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CVE-2023-28708 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - tomcat-embed-core-9.0.68.jar

Core Tomcat implementation

Library home page: https://tomcat.apache.org/

Dependency Hierarchy:

• webdocs-actuator-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar (Root Library)
  • webdocs-commons-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
    • spring-boot-starter-web-2.7.5.jar
      • spring-boot-starter-tomcat-2.7.5.jar
        • ❌ tomcat-embed-core-9.0.68.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2cda59cc9ba15234ad74bb5750717c564aad3b18

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

When using the RemoteIpFilter with requests received from a reverse proxy via HTTP that include the X-Forwarded-Proto header set to https, session cookies created by Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0.-M2, 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.85 did not include the secure attribute. This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over an insecure channel.

Publish Date: 2023-03-22

URL: CVE-2023-28708

CVSS 3 Score Details (4.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://lists.apache.org/thread/hdksc59z3s7tm39x0pp33mtwdrt8qr67

Release Date: 2023-03-22

Fix Resolution: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina:8.5.86,9.0.72,10.1.6;org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-core:8.5.86,9.0.72,10.1.6

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