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SUSE: 2018:3393-1 Moderate: Tomcat Redirect Security Issue

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has issued a security patch for Tomcat that resolves a moderate-risk redirect vulnerability. Prompt application of this update is recommended to bolster your server's security
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for tomcat fixes the following issues: - CVE-2018-11784: When the default servlet in Apache Tomcat returned a redirect to a directory (e.g. redirecting to '/foo/' when the user requested '/foo') a specially crafted URL could be used to cause the redirect to be generated to any URI of the attackers choice. (bsc#1110850) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2429=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (noarch): tomcat-8.0.53-29.16.2 tomcat-admin-webapps-8.0.53-29.16.2 tomcat-docs-webapp-8.0.53-29.16.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update SUSE tomcat redirect issue

References

#1110850

Cross- CVE-2018-11784

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11784.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1110850

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3393-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update SUSE tomcat redirect issue

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