USN-3787-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3787-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3787-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3787-1
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Published
2018-10-10T14:32:26.383524Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:44Z
Summary
tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled returning redirects to a directory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to redirect to arbitrary URIs.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / tomcat7

Package

Name
tomcat7
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat7@7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16

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
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.8
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.9
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.10
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.11
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.13
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.14
7.0.52-1ubuntu0.15

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.0-java",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtomcat7-java",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-admin",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-common",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-docs",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-examples",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-user",
            "binary_version": "7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3787-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-11784",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / tomcat8

Package

Name
tomcat8
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat8@8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8

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
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.4
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.5
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.6
8.0.32-1ubuntu1.7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.1-java",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtomcat8-java",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-admin",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-common",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-docs",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-examples",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "tomcat8-user",
            "binary_version": "8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3787-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-11784",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}