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:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.