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SUSE-SU-2016:3079-1 Not scored

Security update for tomcat

This update for Tomcat provides the following fixes: Feature changes: The embedded Apache Commons DBCP component was updated to version 2.0. (bsc#1010893 fate#321029) Security fixes: - CVE-2016-0762: Realm Timing Attack (bsc#1007854) - CVE-2016-5018: Security Manager Bypass (bsc#1007855) - CVE-2016-6794: System Property Disclosure (bsc#1007857) - CVE-2016-6796: Manager Bypass (bsc#1007858) - CVE-2016-6797: Unrestricted Access to Global Resources (bsc#1007853) - CVE-2016-8735: Remote code execution vulnerability in JmxRemoteLifecycleListener (bsc#1011805) - CVE-2016-6816: HTTP Request smuggling vulnerability due to permitting invalid character in HTTP requests (bsc#1011812) Bugs fixed: - Fixed StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in WebAppClassLoaderBase.filter(). (bsc#974407) - Fixed a deployment error in the examples webapp by changing the context.xml format to the new one introduced by Tomcat 8. (bsc#1004728) - Enabled optional setenv.sh script. See section '(3.4) Using the 'setenv' script' in http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/RUNNING.txt. (bsc#1002639) - Fixed regression caused by CVE-2016-6816.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 10, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 tomcat
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 tomcat

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:3079-1

This update for Tomcat provides the following fixes: Feature changes: The embedded Apache Commons DBCP component was updated to version 2.0. (bsc#1010893 fate#321029) Security fixes: - CVE-2016-0762: Realm Timing Attack (bsc#1007854) - CVE-2016-5018: Security Manager Bypass (bsc#1007855) - CVE-2016-6794: System Property Disclosure (bsc#1007857) - CVE-2016-6796: Manager Bypass (bsc#1007858) - CVE-2016-6797: Unrestricted Access to Global Resources (bsc#1007853) - CVE-2016-8735: Remote code execution vulnerability in JmxRemoteLifecycleListener (bsc#1011805) - CVE-2016-6816: HTTP Request smuggling vulnerability due to permitting invalid character in HTTP requests (bsc#1011812) Bugs fixed: - Fixed StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in WebAppClassLoaderBase.filter(). (bsc#974407) - Fixed a deployment error in the examples webapp by changing the context.xml format to the new one introduced by Tomcat 8. (bsc#1004728) - Enabled optional setenv.sh script. See section '(3.4) Using the 'setenv' script' in http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/RUNNING.txt. (bsc#1002639) - Fixed regression caused by CVE-2016-6816.

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05 / REFERENCES

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