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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

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. This issue only affected tomcat8 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

(CVE-2021-41079)

Trung Pham discovered that a race condition existed in Tomcat when handling

session fi...

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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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