USN-4251-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities
USN-4251-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities tomcat8 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat. Software Description tomcat8 – Servlet and JSP engine Details It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled the RMI registry when configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain credentials and gain complete control over the Tomcat instance. (CVE-2019-12418) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled FORM authentication. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a session fixation attack. (CVE-2019-17563) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libtomcat8-java – 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.11 tomcat8 – 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.11 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make [ more… ]