USN-3027-1: Tomcat vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3027-1

6th July, 2016

tomcat8 vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Tomcat could be made to hang if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software description

• tomcat8 - Servlet and JSP engine

Details

It was discovered that the Tomcat Fileupload library incorrectly handled
certain upload requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

tomcat8 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2016-3092

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/29kWLge