{"id":"USN-4791-1","summary":"tomcat7 vulnerabilities","details":"\nIt was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 did not protect applications from the\npresence of untrusted client data in an environment variable. A remote\nattacker could possible use this vulnerability to redirect the traffic to an\narbitrary proxy and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5388)\n\nIt was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 mishandled specially crafted input.\nAn attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.\n(CVE-2018-1336)\n","modified":"2026-05-20T16:03:00.533182012Z","published":"2021-03-15T21:11:25Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5388","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1336"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-5388","CVE-2018-1336","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5388","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1336"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4791-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5388"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1336"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tomcat7","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tomcat7?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"}]}],"versions":["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":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"tomcat7-common","binary_version":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"libservlet3.0-java","binary_version":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"tomcat7-docs","binary_version":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"tomcat7","binary_version":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"libtomcat7-java","binary_version":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"tomcat7-user","binary_version":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"tomcat7-admin","binary_version":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"},{"binary_name":"tomcat7-examples","binary_version":"7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4+esm1"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4791-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}