DSA-4952-1 tomcat9 -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4952-1 tomcat9 -- security update

Date Reported:

09 Aug 2021

Affected Packages:

tomcat9

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 991046.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-30640, CVE-2021-33037.

More information:

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine, which could result in HTTP request smuggling, bypass of logout restrictions or authentications using variations of a valid user name.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 9.0.31-1~deb10u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat9 packages.

For the detailed security status of tomcat9 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tomcat9