Inconsistent documentation in Apache Tomcat
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 14, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Dec 8, 2023
Package
Affected versions
>= 9.0.0.M22, < 9.0.2
>= 8.5.16, < 8.5.24
>= 8.0.45, < 8.0.48
>= 7.0.79, < 7.0.84
Patched versions
9.0.2
8.5.24
8.0.48
7.0.84
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jan 31, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2022
Reviewed
Nov 3, 2022
Last updated
Dec 8, 2023
As part of the fix for bug 61201, the documentation for Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M22 to 9.0.1, 8.5.16 to 8.5.23, 8.0.45 to 8.0.47 and 7.0.79 to 7.0.82 included an updated description of the search algorithm used by the CGI Servlet to identify which script to execute. The update was not correct. As a result, some scripts may have failed to execute as expected and other scripts may have been executed unexpectedly. Note that the behaviour of the CGI servlet has remained unchanged in this regard. It is only the documentation of the behaviour that was wrong and has been corrected.
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