ELA-986-1 tomcat7 security update

multiple issues

2023-10-16
Packagetomcat7
Version7.0.56-3+really7.0.109-1+deb8u5 (jessie)
Related CVEs CVE-2023-42795 CVE-2023-45648


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

CVE-2023-42795

Information Disclosure. When recycling various internal objects, including
the request and the response, prior to re-use by the next request/response,
an error could cause Tomcat to skip some parts of the recycling process
leading to information leaking from the current request/response to the
next.

CVE-2023-45648

Request smuggling. Tomcat did not correctly parse HTTP trailer headers. A
specially crafted, invalid trailer header could cause Tomcat to treat a
single request as multiple requests leading to the possibility of request
smuggling when behind a reverse proxy.


For Debian 8 jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 7.0.56-3+really7.0.109-1+deb8u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat7 packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.