USN-4791-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4791-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4791-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4791-1
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Published
2021-03-15T21:11:25.728632Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:23Z
Summary
tomcat7 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 did not protect applications from the presence of untrusted client data in an environment variable. A remote attacker could possible use this vulnerability to redirect the traffic to an arbitrary proxy and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5388)

It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 mishandled specially crafted input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1336)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tomcat7

Package

Name
tomcat7
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat7@7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1

Affected versions

7.*

7.0.64-1
7.0.68-1
7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1
7.0.68-1ubuntu0.3
7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libservlet3.0-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libtomcat7-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-admin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-docs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tomcat7-user"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

{
    "cves_map": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "cves": [
            {
                "id": "CVE-2016-5388",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "low",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "id": "CVE-2018-1336",
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}