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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6943-1 Moderate Tomcat Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 1, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities affecting Tomcat installations on Ubuntu have been outlined in this notice dated August 2024.
Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat. Software Description: - tomcat9: Servlet and JSP engine - tomcat8: Servlet and JSP engine Details: It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain uncommon PersistenceManager with FileStore configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected tomcat8 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (CVE-2020-9484) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain HTTP/2 connection requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to obtain wrong responses possibly containing sensitive information. This issue only affected tomcat8 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (CVE-2021-25122) Thomas Wozenilek discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain TLS packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service....

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS   tomcat9-docs                    9.0.58-1ubuntu0.1+esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS   libtomcat9-java                 9.0.31-1ubuntu0.6   tomcat9                         9.0.31-1ubuntu0.6   tomcat9-docs                    9.0.31-1ubuntu0.6 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS   libtomcat8-java                 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   libtomcat9-java                 9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   tomcat8                         8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   tomcat8-docs                    8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   tomcat9                         9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   tomcat9-docs                    9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm2                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS   libtomcat8-java                 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13+esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro   tomcat8                         8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13+esm1                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6943-1

  CVE-2020-9484, CVE-2021-25122, CVE-2021-41079, CVE-2022-23181,

  CVE-2022-29885

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6943-1

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security advisory denial of service security issue remote code execution security fix tomcat ubuntu

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat9/9.0.31-1ubuntu0.6

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