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Fix CVE-2022-34305 XSS in the examples web application
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The session attributes are the primary concern but filter the Principal
attributes as well to be on the safe side.
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markt-asf committed Jun 23, 2022
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions webapps/docs/changelog.xml
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Documentation. <bug>62245</bug>: Include <code>contextXsltFile</code>
when discussing options for configuring directory listings. (markt)
</fix>
<fix>
Examples. Fix CVE-2022-34305, a low severity XSS vulnerability in the
Form authentication example. (markt)
</fix>
</changelog>
</subsection>
<subsection name="Other">
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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions webapps/examples/jsp/security/protected/index.jsp
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}
type = type.replaceFirst("^java\\.lang\\.", "");
%>
<tr><td><%= name %></td><td><%= value %></td><td><%= type %></td>
<tr>
<td><%= util.HTMLFilter.filter(name) %></td>
<td><%= util.HTMLFilter.filter(String.valueOf(value)) %></td>
<td><%= util.HTMLFilter.filter(type) %></td>
</tr>
<%
}
%>
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while (names.hasMoreElements()) {
String name = names.nextElement();
%>
<tr><td><%= name %></td><td><%= session.getAttribute(name) %></td>
<tr>
<td><%= util.HTMLFilter.filter(name) %></td>
<td><%= util.HTMLFilter.filter(String.valueOf(session.getAttribute(name))) %></td>
</tr>
<%
}
%>
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@markt-asf Sorry to contact you like this.

From our team we are getting the CVE-2022-34305 reported by BlackDuck scanning tool for several dependencies of Tomcat which we use from Spring boot, some of the dependencies are listed below

  1. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:9.0.63
  2. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-servlet-api:9.0.63
  3. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-annotations-api:9.0.63
  4. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-el-api:9.0.63
  5. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jsp-api:9.0.63
  6. org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-juli:9.0.63
  7. org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:9.0.63
  8. org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:9.0.63
  9. org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper:9.0.63
  10. org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:9.0.63

These dependencies does not contain the vulnerable example app code at all and I was wandering this might be a false positive. I couldn't confirm this, so could you please let me know which exact dependency is affected by this CVE?

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None of the 9.0.63 JAR files are affected by this CVE.

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@ManjunathMS35 ManjunathMS35 commented on 8b60af9 Jul 11, 2022

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@markt-asf If none of the 9.0.63 JAR files are affected by this vulnerability then why it is included in the advisory list of affected ranges here https://lists.apache.org/thread/k04zk0nq6w57m72w5gb0r6z9ryhmvr4k ?

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Because a Tomcat installation consists of more than just JAR files. This vulnerability was in a JSP.

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Hi @markt-asf
Can you please confirm the affected jsp file and the path for that file?

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@spartan1998 Try reading the diff at the top of this page.

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@spartan1998 spartan1998 commented on 8b60af9 Jul 13, 2022

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Need to know if this is a fix for the vulnerability because according to Apache official page, the fixed version is still not released.

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Which part of "Fix CVE-2022-34305" in both the commit comment and the change log entry is unclear?

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