USN-2654-1

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USN-2654-1

Summary: tomcat7 vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that the Tomcat XML parser incorrectly handled XML External Entities (XXE). A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0119) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled data with malformed chunked transfer coding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks, or cause Tomcat to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0227) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled HTTP responses occurring before the entire request body was finished being read. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a limited denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0230) It was discovered that the Tomcat Expression Language (EL) implementation incorrectly handled accessible interfaces implemented by inaccessible classes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass a SecurityManager protection mechanism. (CVE-2014-7810)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2654-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0119, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0227, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0230, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7810