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Ubuntu 14.04: 7242-1 high: tomcat remote code execution

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2025
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A flaw in Tomcat's security allows for remote code execution via specially designed traffic. Ensure you update your Ubuntu systems immediately.
Tomcat could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Tomcat could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted

network traffic.

Software Description:

- tomcat6: Servlet and JSP engine

Details:

Pierre Ernst discovered that the Tomcat JmxRemoteLifecycleListener did not

implement a recommended fix. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  libservlet2.5-java              6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7242-1

CVE-2016-8735

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