MGASA-2017-0196

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    MGASA-2017-0196

    Published: 29 Jun 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5664

    Summary: Updated tomcat packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Aniket Nandkishor Kulkarni discovered that in tomcat7, static error pages used the original request's HTTP method to serve content, instead of systematically using the GET method. This could under certain conditions result in undesirable results, including the replacement or removal of the custom error page (CVE-2017-5664).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0196.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21131, http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.78, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3892

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tomcat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/tomcat?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.0.78-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High