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:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: