Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2021· Updated Feb 13, 2025
Apache Tomcat information disclosure
CVE-2021-24122
Description
When serving resources from a network location using the NTFS file system, Apache Tomcat versions 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M9, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.39, 8.5.0 to 8.5.59 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.106 were susceptible to JSP source code disclosure in some configurations. The root cause was the unexpected behaviour of the JRE API File.getCanonicalPath() which in turn was caused by the inconsistent behaviour of the Windows API (FindFirstFileW) in some circumstances.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 10.0.0-M1, < 10.0.0-M10 | 10.0.0-M10 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.40 | 9.0.40 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 8.5.0, < 8.5.60 | 8.5.60 |
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-coreMaven | >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.107 | 7.0.107 |
Affected products
27- osv-coords26 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/spark-3.5.0-compatpkg:bitnami/tomcatpkg:maven/org.apache.tomcat.embed/tomcat-embed-corepkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat10&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/tomcat&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat6&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat6&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.0
< 3.5.0-r2+ 25 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.5.0-r2
- (no CPE)range: >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.107
- (no CPE)range: >= 10.0.0-M1, < 10.0.0-M10
- (no CPE)range: < 10.1.14-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-lp152.2.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-8.4
- (no CPE)range: < 6.0.53-0.57.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.0.53-0.57.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.115-3.160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-3.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.115-3.160.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.0.36-4.58.1
- Apache Software Foundation/Apache Tomcatv5Range: Apache Tomcat 10
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
29- github.com/advisories/GHSA-2rvv-w9r2-rg7mghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24122ghsaADVISORY
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/14/1ghsamailing-listx_refsource_MLISTWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/7f004ac4531c45f9a2a2d1470561fe135cf27bc2ghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/800b03140e640f8892f27021e681645e8e320177ghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/920dddbdb981f92e8d5872a4bb126a10af5ca8a9ghsaWEB
- github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/935fc5582dc25ae10bab6f9d5629ff8d996cb533ghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1595889b083e05986f42b944dc43060d6b083022260b6ea64d2cec52%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3Emitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb32a73b7cb919d4f44a2596b6b951274c0004fc8b0e393d6829a45f9%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3Emitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb32a73b7cb919d4f44a2596b6b951274c0004fc8b0e393d6829a45f9@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca833c6d42b7b9ce1563488c0929f29fcc95947d86e5e740258c8937%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca833c6d42b7b9ce1563488c0929f29fcc95947d86e5e740258c8937@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3EghsaWEB
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00018.htmlghsamailing-listx_refsource_MLISTWEB
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0008ghsaWEB
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0008/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- tomcat.apache.org/security-10.htmlghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-8.htmlghsaWEB
- tomcat.apache.org/security-9.htmlghsaWEB
- www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.htmlghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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