CVE-2019-0232: When running on Windows with enableCmdLineArguments enabled, the CGI Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows
This Apache advisory covers CVE-2019-0232 in Tomcat.
- CVE-2019-0232
Key facts
- Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none observed. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total. CISA, .
- CISA KEV
- Not listed (catalogue checked )
- Affected
- Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17; Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.39; Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.93
- Source published
- Source revised
- Listed by VulniPulse
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Affected products & platforms
Description
When running on Windows with enableCmdLineArguments enabled, the CGI Servlet in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17, 8.5.0 to 8.5.39 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.93 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to a bug in the way the JRE passes command line arguments to Windows. The CGI Servlet is disabled by default.
For a detailed explanation of the JRE behaviour, see Markus Wulftange's blog ( ) and this archived MSDN blog ( ).
Text from the source record.
- Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.17
- Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.39
- Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.93
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How to fix CVE-2019-0232
Workarounds
- The CGI option enableCmdLineArguments is disable by default in Tomcat 9.0.x (and will be disabled by default in all versions in response to this vulnerability).
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