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title: "CVE-2017-12615\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-12615

Publication date 19 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.1 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12615?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12615?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| tomcat7 | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

windows-specific

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.1 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.1 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12615)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12615)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-12615)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12615)

### Other references

* <https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8fcb1e2d5895413abcf266f011b9918ae03e0b7daceb118ffbf23f8c@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12615>
* <https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog>