SECURITY

USN-3519-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3519-1 8th January, 2018 tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat. Software description tomcat7 – Servlet and JSP engine tomcat8 – Servlet and JSP engine Details It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain pipelinedrequests when sendfile was used. A remote attacker could use this issue toobtain wrong responses possibly containing sensitive information.(CVE-2017-5647) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly used the appropriate facadeobject. A malicious application could possibly use this to bypass SecurityManager restrictions. (CVE-2017-5648) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled error pages. A remoteattacker could possibly use this issue to replace or remove the customerror page. (CVE-2017-5664) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled the CORS filter. A remoteattacker [ more… ]

USN-3518-1: AWStats vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3518-1 8th January, 2018 awstats vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.10 Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary AWStats could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software description awstats – powerful and featureful web server log analyzer Details It was discovered that AWStats incorrectly filtered certain parameters. Aremote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.10: awstats 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.10.1 Ubuntu 17.04: awstats 7.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.17.04.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: awstats 7.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: awstats 7.2+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-2017-1000501 Source: USN-3518-1: AWStats [ more… ]