SAS Statement Regarding Apache Tomcat Vulnerability CVE-2020-9484

Reference Name: Apache Tomcat Vulnerability CVE-2020-9484
Severity: Informational
Status: No action by customers is required.

History

• 06-15-2020 – Assessment completed

Impact

SAS^® software is not exposed to the Apache Tomcat vulnerability CVE-2020-9484.

Description

Apache Tomcat has known remote code execution vulnerabilities resulting from a flaw that exploits the Tomcat PersistenceManager and FileStore components.

Solution

The default SAS^® Web Application Server configuration of Apache Tomcat does not enable or use PersistenceManager or FileStore. Therefore, the default configuration is not vulnerable to CVE-2020-9484.