{"id":"MGASA-2017-0400","summary":"Updated tomcat packages fix security vulnerability","details":"When running with HTTP PUTs enabled (e.g. via setting the readonly\ninitialization parameter of the Default servlet to false) it was\npossible to upload a JSP file to the server via a specially crafted\nrequest. This JSP could then be requested and any code it contained\nwould be executed by the server (CVE-2017-12617).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:31.021051690Z","published":"2017-11-02T21:47:07Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-12617"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0400.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21933"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.82"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_8.0.47"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tomcat","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/tomcat?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.0.82-1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0400.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tomcat","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/tomcat?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.0.47-1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0400.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}