Mageia alert MGASA-2017-0400 (tomcat)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2017-0400: Updated tomcat packages fix security vulnerability 
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Thu, 2 Nov 2017 22:47:50 +0100
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MGASA-2017-0400 - Updated tomcat packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 02 Nov 2017
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0400.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5, 6
CVE: CVE-2017-12617

Description:
When running with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly
initialization parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was
possible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted
request. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained
would be executed by the server (CVE-2017-12617).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21933
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache...
- https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1...

SRPMS:
- 5/core/tomcat-7.0.82-1.mga5
- 6/core/tomcat-8.0.47-1.mga6