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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 |
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Title: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: May 18, 2017 |
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Bugs: #575796, #586966, #595978, #615868 |
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ID: 201705-09 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache Tomcat, the worst of |
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which could lead to privilege escalation. |
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Background |
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Apache Tomcat is a Servlet-3.0/JSP-2.2 Container. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 www-servers/tomcat < 8.0.36 >= 7.0.70 |
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>= 8.0.36 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tomcat. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition, |
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obtain sensitive information, bypass protection mechanisms and |
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authentication restrictions. |
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A local attacker, who is a tomcat's system user or belongs to tomcat’s |
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group, could potentially escalate privileges. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Apache Tomcat users have to manually check their Tomcat runscripts |
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to make sure that they don't use an old, vulnerable runscript. In |
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addition: |
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All Apache Tomcat 7 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.70:7" |
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All Apache Tomcat 8 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-8.0.36:8" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-5174 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5174 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2015-5345 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5345 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2015-5346 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5346 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2015-5351 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-5351 |
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[ 5 ] CVE-2016-0706 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0706 |
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[ 6 ] CVE-2016-0714 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0714 |
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[ 7 ] CVE-2016-0763 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0763 |
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[ 8 ] CVE-2016-1240 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1240 |
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[ 9 ] CVE-2016-3092 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-3092 |
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[ 10 ] CVE-2016-8745 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8745 |
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[ 11 ] CVE-2017-5647 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5647 |
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[ 12 ] CVE-2017-5648 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5648 |
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[ 13 ] CVE-2017-5650 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5650 |
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[ 14 ] CVE-2017-5651 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5651 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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