UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15706

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15706

    Published: 31 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15706
    Aliases:
    USN-3665-1

    Summary:

    Details: As part of the fix for bug 61201, the documentation for Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M22 to 9.0.1, 8.5.16 to 8.5.23, 8.0.45 to 8.0.47 and 7.0.79 to 7.0.82 included an updated description of the search algorithm used by the CGI Servlet to identify which script to execute. The update was not correct. As a result, some scripts may have failed to execute as expected and other scripts may have been executed unexpectedly. Note that the behaviour of the CGI servlet has remained unchanged in this regard. It is only the documentation of the behaviour that was wrong and has been corrected.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15706, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e1ef853fc0079cdb55befbd2dac042934e49288b476d5f6a649e5da2@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3665-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15706

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tomcat8

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.0.32-1ubuntu1.5

    Affected versions

    8.0.26-1
    8.0.28-1
    8.0.30-1
    8.0.32-1
    8.0.32-1ubuntu1
    8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1
    8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2
    8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3
    8.0.32-1ubuntu1.4

    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