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. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tomcat to consume
resources, 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: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2017-6056

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2kRwTxq