Ubuntu alert USN-3024-1 (tomcat6, tomcat7)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | "ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com> | |
| Subject: | [USN-3024-1] Tomcat vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 5 Jul 2016 14:30:43 -0400 | |
| Message-ID: | <577BFCD3.2090007@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3024-1 July 05, 2016 tomcat6, tomcat7 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat. Software Description: - tomcat7: Servlet and JSP engine - tomcat6: Servlet and JSP engine Details: It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled pathnames used by web applications in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly list a parent directory . This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5174) It was discovered that the Tomcat mapper component incorrectly handled redirects. A remote attacker could use this issue to determine the existence of a directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5345) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled different session settings when multiple versions of the same web application was deployed. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack web sessions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5346) It was discovered that the Tomcat Manager and Host Manager applications incorrectly handled new requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass CSRF protection mechanisms. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5351) It was discovered that Tomcat did not place StatusManagerServlet on the RestrictedServlets list. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary HTTP requests, including session ID values. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2016-0706) It was discovered that the Tomcat session-persistence implementation incorrectly handled session attributes. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2016-0714) It was discovered that the Tomcat setGlobalContext method incorrectly checked if callers were authorized. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read or wite to arbitrary application data, or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2016-0763) It was discovered that the Tomcat Fileupload library incorrectly handled certain upload requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-3092) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libtomcat7-java 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 15.10: libtomcat7-java 7.0.64-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libtomcat7-java 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libtomcat6-java 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3024-1 CVE-2015-5174, CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2015-5346, CVE-2015-5351, CVE-2016-0706, CVE-2016-0714, CVE-2016-0763, CVE-2016-3092 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.68-1ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.64-1ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.52-1ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.35-1ubun... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...