SUSE-SU-2017:3279-1

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    SUSE-SU-2017:3279-1

    Published: 13 Dec 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for tomcat

    Details: This update for tomcat fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2017-5664: A problem in handling error pages was fixed, to avoid potential file overwrites during error page handling. (bsc#1042910). - CVE-2017-7674: A CORS Filter issue could lead to client and server side cache poisoning (bsc#1053352) - CVE-2017-12617: A remote code execution possibility via JSP Upload was fixed (bsc#1059554) Non security issues fixed: - Fix tomcat-digest classpath error (bsc#977410) - Read setenv.sh when starting Tomcat with catalina.sh (bsc#1002639) - Fix packaged /etc/alternatives symlinks for api libs that caused rpm -V to report link mismatch (bsc#1019016)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20173279-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1002639, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1019016, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1042910, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1053352, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1059554, https://bugzilla.suse.com/977410, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12617, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5664, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7674

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tomcat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/tomcat&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.0.43-10.24.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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