GLSA 202003-43: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/19/2020
Bugs:	#692402, #706208, #710656
ID:	202003-43

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache Tomcat, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

Apache Tomcat is a Servlet-3.0/JSP-2.2 Container.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-servers/tomcat	< 8.5.51	>= 8.5.51	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache Tomcat. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker could possibly smuggle HTTP requests or execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Apache Tomcat 7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.100:7"

All Apache Tomcat 8.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-8.5.51:8.5"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202003-43.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.