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Ubuntu 14.04/12.04 USN-3204-1 Moderate: Tomcat Resource Consumption

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Apache HTTP Server issues on Debian may allow for excessive resource usage from malicious requests; ensure patches are applied.
Tomcat could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Tomcat could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted

network traffic.

Software Description:

- tomcat7: Servlet and JSP engine

- tomcat6: 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service tomcat ubuntu resource consumption

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libtomcat7-java                 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.10
  tomcat7                         7.0.52-1ubuntu0.10

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libtomcat6-java                 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.11
  tomcat6                         6.0.35-1ubuntu3.11

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3204-1

CVE-2017-6056

February 20, 2017

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service tomcat ubuntu resource consumption

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.52-1ubuntu0.10
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.35-1ubuntu3.11

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