A tomcat security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1.

security-announce: openSUSE-SU-2020:0711-1: important: Security update for tomcat

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for tomcat
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2020:0711-1
Rating: important
References: #1171928
Cross-References: CVE-2020-9484
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for tomcat fixes the following issues:

- Update to Tomcat 9.0.35. See changelog at
  http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/changelog.html#Tomcat_9.0.35_(markt
)

* CVE-2020-9484 (bsc#1171928) Apache Tomcat Remote Code Execution via
session persistence

If an attacker was able to control the contents and name of a file on a
server configured to use the PersistenceManager, then the attacker could
have triggered a remote code execution via deserialization of the file
under their control.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2020-711=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

tomcat-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-docs-webapp-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-el-3_0-api-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-embed-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-javadoc-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-jsvc-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-lib-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-servlet-4_0-api-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1
tomcat-webapps-9.0.35-lp151.3.18.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-9484.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171928