USN-3024-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities
5 July 2016
Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.
Releases
Packages
Details
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled pathnames used by web
applications in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths
call. A remote attacker could use this issue to possibly list a parent
directory . This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5174)
It was discovered that the Tomcat mapper component incorrectly handled
redirects. A remote attacker could use this issue to determine the
existence of a directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5345)
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled different session
settings when multiple versions of the same web application was deployed. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to hijack web sessions. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5346)
It was discovered that the Tomcat Manager and Host Manager applications
incorrectly handled new requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to bypass CSRF protection mechanisms. This issue only affected Ubuntu
14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2015-5351)
It was discovered that Tomcat did not place StatusManagerServlet on the
RestrictedServlets list. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
read arbitrary HTTP requests, including session ID values. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10.
(CVE-2016-0706)
It was discovered that the Tomcat session-persistence implementation
incorrectly handled session attributes. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to execute arbitrary code in a privileged context. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 15.10.
(CVE-2016-0714)
It was discovered that the Tomcat setGlobalContext method incorrectly
checked if callers were authorized. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to read or wite to arbitrary application data, or cause a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 15.10. (CVE-2016-0763)
It was discovered that the Tomcat Fileupload library incorrectly handled
certain upload requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-3092)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 15.10
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.