A vulnerability was discovered in the error page mechanism in Tomcat's DefaultServlet implementation. A crafted HTTP request could cause undesired side effects, possibly including the removal or replacement of the custom error page. (CVE-2017-5664) * A vulnerability was discovered in Tomcat. When running an untrusted application under a SecurityManager it was possible, under some circumstance [More...]. Synopsis: Important: tomcat security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:1809-1 Issue Date: 2017-07-27 CVE Numbers: CVE-2017-5648 CVE-2017-5664 -- Security Fix(es): * A vulnerability was discovered in the error page mechanism in Tomcat's DefaultServlet implementation. A crafted HTTP request could cause undesired side effects, possibly including the removal or replacement of the custom error page. (CVE-2017-5664) * A vulnerability was discovered in Tomcat. When running an untrusted application under a SecurityManager it was possible, under some circumstances, for that application to retain references to the request or response objects and thereby access and/or modify information associated with another web application. (CVE-2017-5648) -- SL7 noarch tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-javadoc-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsvc-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-lib-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm tomcat-webapps-7.0.69-12.el7_3.noarch.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team . Crucial security patch for Tomcat tackling weaknesses in Scientific Linux SL7 provides guidance on successful remedies.. tomcat security updates,tomcat vulnerabilities,security advisory,Scientific Linux SL7,web application security. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
This update includes a rebase from 8.0.43 up to 8.0.44 which resolves a single CVE along with various other bugs/features: * rhbz#1459160 CVE-2017-5664 tomcat: Security constrained bypass in error page mechanism. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-63789c8c29 2017-06-29 16:49:37.819838 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : tomcat Product : Fedora 25 Version : 8.0.44 Release : 1.fc25 URL : https://tomcat.apache.org/ Summary : Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 3.1/JSP 2.3 API Description : Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process. Tomcat is developed in an open and participatory environment and released under the Apache Software License version 2.0. Tomcat is intended to be a collaboration of the best-of-breed developers from around the world. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update includes a rebase from 8.0.43 up to 8.0.44 which resolves a single CVE along with various other bugs/features: * rhbz#1459160 CVE-2017-5664 tomcat: Security constrained bypass in error page mechanism --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1459160 - CVE-2017-5664 tomcat: Security constrained bypass in error page mechanism [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459160 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade tomcat' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation availableat https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list --
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