Is SiteScope affected by Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2017-12615?

  • Document ID:KM03036908
  • Creation Date:07-Dec-2017
  • Modified Date:07-Dec-2017
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Summary

Is SiteScope affected by Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2017-12615?

Question

Is SiteScope affected by Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2017-12615?

CVE-2017-12615

When running Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.79 on Windows with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly initialisation parameter of the Default to false) it was possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained would be executed by the server.

Published: September 19, 2017; 09:29:00 AM -04:00

 

 

Answer

The version of tomcat for 11.33 is Apache Tomcat Version 7.0.69.
Analysing Tomcat CVE-2017-12615 for SiteScope.
It was clear from security experts that SiteScope is NOT affected by this vulnerabilities.