Security update for tomcat

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:3279-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-12617 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-12617 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2017-5664 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2017-5664 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2017-7674 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2017-7674 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tomcat fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2017-5664: A problem in handling error pages was fixed, to avoid potential file overwrites during error page handling. (bsc#1042910).
  • CVE-2017-7674: A CORS Filter issue could lead to client and server side cache poisoning (bsc#1053352)
  • CVE-2017-12617: A remote code execution possibility via JSP Upload was fixed (bsc#1059554)

Non security issues fixed:

  • Fix tomcat-digest classpath error (bsc#977410)
  • Read setenv.sh when starting Tomcat with catalina.sh (bsc#1002639)
  • Fix packaged /etc/alternatives symlinks for api libs that caused rpm -V to report link mismatch (bsc#1019016)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-2038=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-2038=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-2038=1

Package List:

  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (noarch)
    • tomcat-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-servlet-3_1-api-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-docs-webapp-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-javadoc-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-lib-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-webapps-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-8.0.43-10.24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (noarch)
    • tomcat-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-servlet-3_1-api-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-docs-webapp-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-javadoc-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-lib-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-webapps-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-8.0.43-10.24.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1 (noarch)
    • tomcat-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-servlet-3_1-api-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-javadoc-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-docs-webapp-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-webapps-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-lib-8.0.43-10.24.1
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-8.0.43-10.24.1

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