Recommended update for tomcat

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:2558-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1
  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP2

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tomcat fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed the package alternatives for tomcat-servlet-4_0-api to use /usr/share/java/servlet.jar instead of /usr/share/java/tomcat-servlet.jar - We kept /usr/share/java/tomcat-servlet.jar as a symlink for compatibility reasons (bsc#1092163)
  • Removed write permissions on several files and directories for the tomcat group (bsc#1172562)
  • Changed the tomcat.pid location from /var/run to /run (bsc#1173103)

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-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP2-2020-2558=1

Package List:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-9.0.36-3.9.1
    • tomcat-servlet-4_0-api-9.0.36-3.9.1
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-9.0.36-3.9.1
    • tomcat-9.0.36-3.9.1
    • tomcat-webapps-9.0.36-3.9.1
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.36-3.9.1
    • tomcat-lib-9.0.36-3.9.1

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