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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3739-1 (tomcat8 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Multiple security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, as well as in its Debian-specific maintainer scripts. Those flaws allowed for privilege escalation, information disclosure, and remote code execution. As part of this update, several regressions stemming from incomplete fixes for previous vulnerabilities were also fixed.
Affected Software
Affected Software
tomcat8 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 8.0.14-1+deb8u5. For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 8.5.8-2. We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat8 packages.