Apache Tomcat security update

Number: AV17-145
Date: 04 October 2017

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to recently released security updates for Apache Tomcat.

Assessment

The Apache Foundation has released security update to address vulnerability VulnerabilityA flaw or weakness in the design or implementation of an information system or its environment that could be exploited to adversely affect an organization's assets or operations. in Apache Tomcat. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote user to perform remote code execution.

Affected Versions:
Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0
Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.22
Apache Tomcat 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.46
Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.81

CVE Reference: CVE-2017-12617

Suggested Action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor-released updates to affected applications accordingly or workarounds to affected platforms accordingly.

Reference:

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security.html