{"id":"MGASA-2021-0072","summary":"Updated tomcat packages fix a security vulnerability","details":"When serving resources from a network location using the NTFS file system it\nwas possible to bypass security constraints and/or view the source code for\nJSPs in some configurations. The root cause was the unexpected behaviour of the\nJRE API File.getCanonicalPath() which in turn was caused by the inconsistent\nbehaviour of the Windows API (FindFirstFileW) in some circumstances\n(CVE-2021-24122).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T00:12:37.321621537Z","published":"2021-02-06T18:20:41Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-24122"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0072.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28093"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_9.0.40"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/14/1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tomcat","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/tomcat?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.0.39-1.1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0072.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}