Executive Summary

Summary
Title Tomcat vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3081-1 First vendor Publication 2016-09-19
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2016-09-19
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software Description: - tomcat8: Servlet and JSP engine - tomcat7: Servlet and JSP engine - tomcat6: Servlet and JSP engine

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.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libtomcat8-java 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2
tomcat8 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libtomcat7-java 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7
tomcat7 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libtomcat6-java 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8
tomcat6 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3081-1
CVE-2016-1240, https://launchpad.net/bugs/1609819

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat8/8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-18 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201705-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-0455.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-0456.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-20 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3081-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-622.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-623.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3669.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3670.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2016-10-04 00:23:32
  • Multiple Updates
2016-10-03 21:24:25
  • Multiple Updates
2016-09-21 13:25:39
  • Multiple Updates
2016-09-19 21:19:14
  • First insertion