tomcat6 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.
Software Description
* tomcat6 - Servlet and JSP engine
Details
It was discovered that the Tomcat realm implementations
incorrectly handled passwords when a username didn't exist. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to enumerate
usernames. (CVE-2016-0762)
Alvaro Munoz and Alexander Mirosh discovered that Tomcat
incorrectly limited use of a certain utility method. A malicious
application could possibly use this to bypass Security Manager
restrictions. (CVE-2016-5018)
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly controlled reading
system properties. A malicious application could possibly use this
to bypass Security Manager restrictions. (CVE-2016-6794)
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly controlled certain
configuration parameters. A malicious application could possibly
use this to bypass Security Manager restrictions. (CVE-2016-6796)
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly limited access to global
JNDI resources. A malicious application could use this to access
any global JNDI resource without an explicit ResourceLink.
(CVE-2016-6797)
Regis Leroy discovered that Tomcat incorrectly filtered certain
invalid characters from the HTTP request line. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to inject data into HTTP responses.
(CVE-2016-6816)
Pierre Ernst discovered that the Tomcat JmxRemoteLifecycleListener
did not implement a recommended fix. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-8735)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libservlet2.5-java - 6.0.45+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
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-2016-0762
* CVE-2016-5018
* CVE-2016-6794
* CVE-2016-6796
* CVE-2016-6797
* CVE-2016-6816
* CVE-2016-8735
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