USN-3081-1: Tomcat vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3081-1

19th September, 2016

tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerability

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

• tomcat6 - Servlet and JSP engine
• tomcat7 - Servlet and JSP engine
• tomcat8 - 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 version:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

libtomcat8-java 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2

tomcat8 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

tomcat7 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7

libtomcat7-java 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

libtomcat6-java 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8

tomcat6 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

CVE-2016-1240, LP: 1609819