USN-3081-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3081-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3081-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3081-1

Related

Published

2016-09-19T16:55:51.845348Z

Modified

2016-09-19T16:55:51.845348Z

Summary

tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerability

Details

Dawid Golunski discovered that the Tomcat init script incorrectly handled creating log files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain root privileges. (CVE-2016-1240)

This update also reverts a change in behaviour introduced in USN-3024-1 by setting mapperContextRootRedirectEnabled to True by default.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tomcat7

Package

Name: tomcat7
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat7@7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7

Affected versions

7.*

7.0.42-1

7.0.47-1

7.0.50-1

7.0.52-1

7.0.52-1ubuntu0.1

7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3

7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.0-java",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.0-java-doc",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtomcat7-java",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-admin",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-common",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-docs",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-examples",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-user",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tomcat8

Package

Name: tomcat8
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat8@8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

8.*

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

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.1-java",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.1-java-doc",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtomcat8-java",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-admin",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-common",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-docs",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-examples",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-user",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ]
}