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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3891-1 (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
Aniket Nandkishor Kulkarni discovered that in tomcat8, a servlet and JSP engine, static error pages used the original request's HTTP method to serve content, instead of systematically using the GET method. This could under certain conditions result in undesirable results, including the replacement or removal of the custom error page.
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 oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 8.0.14-1+deb8u10. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 8.5.14-1+deb9u1. For the testing distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 8.5.14-2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 8.5.14-2. We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat8 packages.