Arch Linux: ASA-201709-17 Medium Severity: Tomcat7 Info Disclosure

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201709-17
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2017-09-19
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-12616
Package : tomcat7
Type    : information disclosure
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-408

Summary
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The package tomcat7 before version 7.0.81-1 is vulnerable to
information disclosure.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 7.0.81-1.

# pacman -Syu "tomcat7>=7.0.81-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 7.0.81.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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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.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to view the source code of JSPs for resources
served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.

References
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https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread/%This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.%3E

https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-12616