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Gentoo: 201705-09 High Severity: Apache Tomcat Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2017
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Review the multiple security vulnerabilities associated with Apache Tomcat on Gentoo systems and evaluate potential risks while ensuring timely updates.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache Tomcat, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tomcat. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity privilege escalation remote access Denial of Service Apache Tomcat

Resolution

All Apache Tomcat users have to manually check their Tomcat runscripts to make sure that they don't use an old, vulnerable runscript. In addition: All Apache Tomcat 7 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.70:7"
All Apache Tomcat 8 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-8.0.36:8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-5174 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5174 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-5345 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5345 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-5346 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5346 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-5351 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5351 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-0706 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0706 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-0714 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0714 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-0763 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0763 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-1240 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1240 [ 9 ] CVE-2016-3092 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3092 [ 10 ] CVE-2016-8745 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8745 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-5647 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5647 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-5648 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5648 [ 13 ] CVE-2017-5650 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 18, 2017
Bugs: #575796, #586966, #595978, #615868
ID: 201705-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity privilege escalation remote access Denial of Service Apache Tomcat

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache Tomcat, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Background

Apache Tomcat is a Servlet-3.0/JSP-2.2 Container.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-servers/tomcat < 8.0.36 >= 7.0.70 >= 8.0.36

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, bypass protection mechanisms and authentication restrictions. A local attacker, who is a tomcat's system user or belongs to tomcat’s group, could potentially escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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