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Fedora: 2016-4094bd4ad6 Critical: Tomcat Privilege Escalation Risks

This updates includes a rebase from tomcat 8.0.36 up to 8.0.38 which resolves multiple CVEs and a problem that 8.0.37 introduces to freeipa: * rhbz#1375581 - CVE-2016-5388 Tomcat: CGI sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header * rhbz#1390532 - CVE-2016-0762 CVE-2016-5018 CVE-2016-6794 CVE-2016-6796 CVE-2016-6797 tomcat: various flaws and includes two additional. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-4094bd4ad6 2016-11-12 18:41:53.827194 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : tomcat Product : Fedora 23 Version : 8.0.38 Release : 1.fc23 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 updates includes a rebase from tomcat 8.0.36 up to 8.0.38 which resolves multiple CVEs and a problem that 8.0.37 introduces to freeipa: * rhbz#1375581 - CVE-2016-5388 Tomcat: CGI sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header * rhbz#1390532 - CVE-2016-0762 CVE-2016-5018 CVE-2016-6794 CVE-2016-6796 CVE-2016-6797 tomcat: various flaws and includes two additional CVE fixes along with one bug fix: * rhbz#1383210 - CVE-2016-5425 tomcat: Local privilege escalation via systemd-tmpfiles service * rhbz#1383216 - CVE-2016-6325 tomcat: tomcat writable config files allow privilege escalation *rhbz#1370262 - catalina.out is no longer in use in the main package, but still gets rotated -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1375581 - CVE-2016-5388 Tomcat: CGI sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375581 [ 2 ] Bug #1383216 - CVE-2016-6325 tomcat: tomcat writable config files allow privilege escalation [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383216 [ 3 ] Bug #1383210 - CVE-2016-5425 tomcat: Local privilege escalation via systemd-tmpfiles service [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383210 [ 4 ] Bug #1370262 - catalina.out is no longer in use in the main package, but still gets rotated https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370262 [ 5 ] Bug #1390532 - CVE-2016-0762 CVE-2016-5018 CVE-2016-6794 CVE-2016-6796 CVE-2016-6797 tomcat: various flaws [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390532 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 available at 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 -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . This release tackles several Apache Tomcat concerns, featuring significant resolutions for elevation of privileges and adjustments in proxy header handling.. Tomcat Update,Fedora Security,Open SourceFixes,Privileged Access,Env Variable Risks. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 13, 2016 •Critical Fedora