On May 24, 2020 4:49:50 PM UTC, Stefan Mayr <ste...@mayr-stefan.de> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Am 20.05.2020 um 17:19 schrieb Mark Thomas:
>> CVE-2020-9484 Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution via session
>persistence
>> 
>> Severity: High
>> 
>> Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
>> 
>> Versions Affected:
>> Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M4
>> Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.34
>> Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.54
>> Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.103
>> 
>> Description:
>> If:
>> a) an attacker is able to control the contents and name of a file on
>the
>>    server; and
>> b) the server is configured to use the PersistenceManager with a
>>    FileStore; and
>> c) the PersistenceManager is configured with
>>    sessionAttributeValueClassNameFilter="null" (the default unless a
>>    SecurityManager is used) or a sufficiently lax filter to allow the
>>    attacker provided object to be deserialized; and
>> d) the attacker knows the relative file path from the storage
>location
>>    used by FileStore to the file the attacker has control over;
>> then, using a specifically crafted request, the attacker will be able
>to
>> trigger remote code execution via deserialization of the file under
>> their control. Note that all of conditions a) to d) must be true for
>the
>> attack to succeed.
>> 
>
>Assuming an attacker can do (a), (d) and the Tomcat instance is running
>with a default configuration (c): is the StandardManager vulnerable or
>not (b)?

No.

>Also a question about naming: is PersistenceManager the same
>PersistentManager as in org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManager?

Yes.

>So a vulnerable configuration would need to use something like
>
><Manager className="org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManager">
>  <Store className="org.apache.catalina.session.FileStore" />
></Manager>

Yes.

Mark



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