Bug#842663: CVE-2016-5018: Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypass

[Guido Günther]

Package: tomcat7
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for tomcat7.

CVE-2016-5018[0]:
Apache Tomcat Security Manager Bypass

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5018
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5018
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.