Security update for tomcat

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1693-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-0199 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-0199 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2019-0221 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2019-0221 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • Web and Scripting Module 15

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tomcat to version 9.0.20 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2019-0199: Fixed a denial of service in the HTTP/2 implementation related to streams with excessive numbers of SETTINGS frames (bsc#1131055).
  • CVE-2019-0221: Fixed a cross site scripting vulnerability with the SSI printenv command (bsc#1136085).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Increase maximum number of threads and open files for tomcat (bsc#1111966).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-2019-1693=1

Package List:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15 (noarch)
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-9.0.20-3.24.2
    • tomcat-servlet-4_0-api-9.0.20-3.24.2
    • tomcat-lib-9.0.20-3.24.2
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.20-3.24.2
    • tomcat-webapps-9.0.20-3.24.2
    • tomcat-9.0.20-3.24.2
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-9.0.20-3.24.2

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