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Ubuntu 24.04: USN-7525-1 critical: Tomcat remote code exposure

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7525-1 addresses a vulnerability in Tomcat which could potentially allow unauthorized access to confidential files from external sources.
Tomcat could expose sensitive files or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Tomcat could expose sensitive files or run programs if it received

specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- tomcat10: Apache Tomcat 10 - Servlet and JSP engine

- tomcat9: Apache Tomcat 9 - Servlet and JSP engine

Details:

It was discovered that Apache Tomcat incorrectly implemented partial

PUT functionality by replacing path separators with dots in temporary

files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access

sensitive files, inject malicious content, or execute remote code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution Ubuntu network traffic Tomcat sensitive file exposure

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   libtomcat10-java                10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   tomcat10                        10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   libtomcat9-java                 9.0.58-1ubuntu0.2+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   tomcat9                         9.0.58-1ubuntu0.2+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   libtomcat9-java                 9.0.31-1ubuntu0.9+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   tomcat9                         9.0.31-1ubuntu0.9+esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   libtomcat9-java                 9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   tomcat9                         9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm6
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7525-1

  CVE-2025-24813

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7525-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution Ubuntu network traffic Tomcat sensitive file exposure

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