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SUSE: CVE-2017-12616: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-12616: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/19/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/23/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a specially crafted request.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-tomcat
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-admin-webapps
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-docs-webapp
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-el-2_2-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-javadoc
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-jsp-2_2-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-lib
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-servlet-3_0-api
  • suse-upgrade-tomcat-webapps

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:3059-1
  • 100897
  • 1039393
  • RHSA-2018:0465
  • RHSA-2018:0466
  • USN-3665-1
  • CVE-2017-12616
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