Debian Security Advisory
DLA-753-1 tomcat7 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 18 Dec 2016
- Affected Packages:
- tomcat7
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 845393, Bug 845425, Bug 846298.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-9774. - More information:
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Paul Szabo discovered a potential privilege escalation that could be exploited in the situation envisaged in DLA-622-1. This update also addresses several regressions stemming from incomplete fixes for CVE-2015-5345, CVE-2016-5018 and CVE-2016-6797.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 7.0.28-4+deb7u8.We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat7 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
