SUSE: 2020:1983-1 Important: Tomcat CPU Issue Mitigation
suse
July 21, 2020
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for tomcat fixes the following issues: Tomcat was updated to 9.0.36 See changelog at - CVE-2020-11996: Fixed an issue which by sending a specially crafted sequence of HTTP/2 requests could have triggered high CPU usage for several seconds making potentially the server unresponsive (bsc#1173389). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP2-2020-1983=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15-SP2 (noarch): tomcat-9.0.36-3.3.1 tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.36-3.3.1
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References
#1173389
Cross- CVE-2020-11996
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15-SP2
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11996.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173389
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1983-1
Rating: important
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