USN-3204-1: Tomcat vulnerability
USN-3204-1: Tomcat vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3204-1 20th February, 2017 tomcat6, tomcat7 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Tomcat could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software description tomcat6 – Servlet and JSP engine tomcat7 – Servlet and JSP engine Details It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests. Aremote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tomcat to consumeresources, resulting in a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: tomcat7 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.10 libtomcat7-java 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libtomcat6-java 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.11 tomcat6 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.11 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References [ more… ]