USN-3787-1: Tomcat vulnerability
tomcat7, tomcat8 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Tomcat could be made to redirect to arbitrary locations.
Software Description
- tomcat8 - Servlet and JSP engine
- tomcat7 - Servlet and JSP engine
Details
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled returning redirects to a directory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to redirect to arbitrary URIs.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libtomcat8-java - 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8
- tomcat8 - 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libtomcat7-java - 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16
- tomcat7 - 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16
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
from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2A2q5ro