USN-4128-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities
tomcat8 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat 8.
Software Description
- tomcat8 – Servlet and JSP engine
Details
It was discovered that the Tomcat 8 SSI printenv command echoed user
provided data without escaping it. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to perform an XSS attack. (CVE-2019-0221)
It was discovered that Tomcat 8 did not address HTTP/2 connection window
exhaustion on write while addressing CVE-2019-0199. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-10072)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libtomcat8-java – 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3
- tomcat8 – 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libtomcat8-java – 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.10
- tomcat8 – 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.10
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
Source: USN-4128-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities
