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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202003-43 ] Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:18:28
Message-Id: 0600a751-2ff8-192b-77fa-344c5a8aa808@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202003-43
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 19, 2020
10 Bugs: #692402, #706208, #710656
11 ID: 202003-43
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache Tomcat, the worst
19 of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
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21 Background
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24 Apache Tomcat is a Servlet-3.0/JSP-2.2 Container.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 www-servers/tomcat < 8.5.51 >= 7.0.100
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache Tomcat. Please
39 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 An attacker could possibly smuggle HTTP requests or execute arbitrary
45 code.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Apache Tomcat 7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.100:7"
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60 All Apache Tomcat 8.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-8.5.51:8.5"
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65 References
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68 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-0221
69 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0221
70 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-12418
71 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12418
72 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-17563
73 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17563
74 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-1938
75 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1938
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77 Availability
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80 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
81 the Gentoo Security Website:
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83 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-43
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85 Concerns?
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88 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
89 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
90 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
91 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
92 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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94 License
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97 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
98 belongs to its owner(s).
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100 The contents of this document are licensed under the
101 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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103 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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