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Debian 8 LTS DSA-3739-1 Critical: Tomcat 8 Remote Access Threat

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2016
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Apache Tomcat 8 security enhancements address vulnerabilities in Debian: unauthorized access, sensitive data leakage, and remote command execution.
Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, as well as in its Debian-specific maintainer scripts
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Summary

As part of this update, several regressions stemming from incomplete
fixes for previous vulnerabilities were also fixed.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 8.0.14-1+deb8u5.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these
problems have been fixed in version 8.5.8-2.

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-2016-6816 CVE-2016-8735 CVE-2016-9774 CVE-2016-9775

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