[SECURITY] [DLA 2733-1] tomcat8 security update

Debian LTS Advisory DLA-2733-1 [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Markus Koschany
August 05, 2021 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Package : tomcat8
Version : 8.5.54-0+deb9u7
CVE ID : CVE-2021-30640 CVE-2021-33037
Debian Bug : 991046 991046

Several security vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Tomcat
servlet and JSP engine.

CVE-2021-30640

A vulnerability in the JNDI Realm of Apache Tomcat allows an attacker to
authenticate using variations of a valid user name and/or to bypass some of
the protection provided by the LockOut Realm.

CVE-2021-33037

Apache Tomcat did not correctly parse the HTTP transfer-encoding request
header in some circumstances leading to the possibility to request
smuggling when used with a reverse proxy. Specifically: - Tomcat
incorrectly ignored the transfer encoding header if the client declared it
would only accept an HTTP/1.0 response; - Tomcat honoured the identify
encoding; and - Tomcat did not ensure that, if present, the chunked
encoding was the final encoding.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version
8.5.54-0+deb9u7.

We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat8 packages.

For the detailed security status of tomcat8 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tomcat8

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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