{"schema_version":"1.7.5","id":"CVE-2017-15706","published":"2018-01-31T14:29:00.500Z","modified":"2026-07-08T05:49:51.470597583Z","aliases":["GHSA-372q-33vh-8mpc"],"related":["SUSE-SU-2018:0817-1","SUSE-SU-2018:3261-1","SUSE-SU-2018:3388-1"],"details":"As part of the fix for bug 61201, the documentation for Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M22 to 9.0.1, 8.5.16 to 8.5.23, 8.0.45 to 8.0.47 and 7.0.79 to 7.0.82 included an updated description of the search algorithm used by the CGI Servlet to identify which script to execute. The update was not correct. As a result, some scripts may have failed to execute as expected and other scripts may have been executed unexpectedly. Note that the behaviour of the CGI servlet has remained unchanged in this regard. It is only the documentation of the behaviour that was wrong and has been corrected.","affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/tomcat","events":[{"introduced":"cbf7381f46f2d8d902562c3cc3147d6d1414d6cb"},{"last_affected":"027da9e603ac246bb8b74b2145278e9b28cea7f8"},{"introduced":"0f7cba76901cc129cd0f04956b84f703349548b5"},{"last_affected":"66ebf0df1f2f072d1ecdf63f391026fb1b49bae2"},{"introduced":"642d3dd4d50ea1f03f9827962e4fc982a123bb78"},{"last_affected":"3c78e95e36268dfb76db1570f0cf49104fa6eabc"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":["cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone22:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone25:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone26:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone27:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone3:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone4:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone6:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone8:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.0:milestone9:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"7.0.79"},{"last_affected":"7.0.82"},{"introduced":"8.5.16"},{"last_affected":"8.5.23"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone22"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone22"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone25"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone25"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone26"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone26"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone27"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone27"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone3"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone3"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone4"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone4"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone6"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone6"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone8"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone8"},{"introduced":"9.0.0-milestone9"},{"last_affected":"9.0.0-milestone9"},{"introduced":"9.0.1"},{"last_affected":"9.0.1"}],"source":["CPE_RANGE","CPE_STRING"]}}],"versions":["9.0.0-milestone22","9.0.0-milestone25","9.0.0-milestone26","9.0.0-milestone27","9.0.0-milestone3","9.0.0-milestone4","9.0.0-milestone6","9.0.0-milestone8","9.0.0-milestone9","9.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-15706.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103069"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1dd0a59c1295cc08ce4c9e7edae5ad2268acc9ba55adcefa0532e5ba%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3d19773b4cf0377db62d1e9328bf9160bf1819f04f988315086931d7%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5c0e00fd31efc11e147bf99d0f03c00a734447d3b131ab0818644cdb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/845312a10aabbe2c499fca94003881d2c79fc993d85f34c1f5c77424%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e1ef853fc0079cdb55befbd2dac042934e49288b476d5f6a649e5da2%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/eb6efa8d59c45a7a9eff94c4b925467d3b3fec8ba7697f3daa314b04%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6ccee4e849bc77df0840c7f853f6bd09d426f6741247da2b7429d5d9%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raba0fabaf4d56d4325ab2aca8814f0b30a237ab83d8106b115ee279a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3665-1/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html"}],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ran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