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Posted on 18 May 2017
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From: Yury German <blueknight@gentoo.org>
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Subject: [ GLSA 201705-09 ] Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201705-09
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: High
Title: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 18, 2017
Bugs: #575796, #586966, #595978, #615868
ID: 201705-09

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

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

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

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

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=E2=80==99s
group, could potentially escalate privileges.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

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
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[ 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?cvename=CVE-2017-5650
[ 14 ] CVE-2017-5651
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5651

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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