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Debian: DSA-3670-1 Critical: Tomcat8 Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey September 15, 2016
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Critical vulnerability discovered in tomcat9 service configuration; immediate patching advised for Ubuntu users.
Dawid Golunski of LegalHackers discovered that the Tomcat init script performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege escalation
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Summary

Dawid Golunski of LegalHackers discovered that the Tomcat init script
performed unsafe file handling, which could result in local privilege
escalation.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.0.14-1+deb8u3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat8 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: tomcat8
CVE ID: CVE-2016-1240

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