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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202006-21">
  <title>Apache Tomcat: Remote code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in Apache Tomcat which could
    result in the arbitrary execution of code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">tomcat</product>
  <announced>2020-06-15</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-06-15</revised>
  <bug>724344</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-servers/tomcat" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge" slot="7">7.0.104</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="ge" slot="8.5">8.5.55</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt" slot="7">7.0.104</vulnerable>
      <vulnerable range="lt" slot="8.5">8.5.55</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Apache Tomcat is a Servlet-3.0/JSP-2.2 Container.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Apache Tomcat improperly handles deserialization of files under specific
      circumstances.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Apache Tomcat 7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.104"
    </code>
    
    <p>All Apache Tomcat 8.x users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-servers/tomcat-8.5.55"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9484">CVE-2020-9484</uri>
    <uri link="https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.104">
      Upstream advisory (7)
    </uri>
    <uri link="https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.5.55">
      Upstream advisory (8.5)
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-05-25T12:42:10Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-06-15T15:55:34Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>