SB2017033109 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for tomcat
Published: March 31, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017033109
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5647)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.The weakness exists in the handling of the pipelined requests when send file was used resulted in the pipelined request being lost when send file processing of the previous request completed. A remote attacker can cause responses to appear to be sent for the wrong request.
2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5648)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists due to the failure to use the appropriate facade object by certain application listener calls. A remote attacker can access and modify arbitrary data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.