ArchLinux: 201709-17: tomcat7: information disclosure
Summary
It has been discovered that tomcat version 7.0.80 and before are vulnerable to information disclosure. When using a VirtualDirContext it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.
Resolution
Upgrade to 7.0.81-1.
# pacman -Syu "tomcat7>=7.0.81-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 7.0.81.
References
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html https://lists.apache.org/thread/%3C0b45dcb1-28e2-6e12-6320-5bc6d021063c@apache.org%3E http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1804729 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12616
Workaround
None.