FYI: If you are Tomcat behind a reverse proxy, this CVE may apply to you if
you are not running the latest version of Tomcat.
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From: Mark Thomas <markt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 4:09 AM
Subject: [SECURITY] CVE-2023-28708 Apache Tomcat - Information Disclosure
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Cc: Tomcat Developers List <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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CVE-2023-28708 Apache Tomcat - Information Disclosure
Severity: Important
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
Versions Affected:
Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M1 to 11.0.0-M2
Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.5
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.71
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.85
Description:
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 Tomcat did not include the secure attribute.
This could result in the user agent transmitting the session cookie over
an insecure channel.
Mitigation:
Users of the affected versions should apply one of the following
mitigations:
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M3 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 10.1.6 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 9.0.72 or later
- Upgrade to Apache Tomcat 8.5.86 or later
History:
2023-03-22 Original advisory
References:
[1] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-11.html
[2] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-10.html
[3] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html
[4] https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html
