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Ubuntu 25.04: USN-7562-1 critical: Tomcat various issues

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several significant security flaws in Tomcat have been addressed across different Ubuntu releases, safeguarding against potential data breaches and service disruptions.
Several security issues were fixed in tomcat8, tomcat9, tomcat10.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in tomcat8, tomcat9, tomcat10. Software Description: - tomcat9: Servlet and JSP engine - tomcat10: Servlet and JSP engine - tomcat8: Servlet and JSP engine Details: It was discovered that Tomcat did not include the secure attribute for session cookies when using the RemoteIpFilter with requests from a reverse proxy. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue was fixed for tomcat8 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and for tomcat9 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2023-28708) It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly recycled certain objects, which could lead to information leaking from one request to the next. An attacker could potentially use this issue to leak sensitive informa...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04      libtomcat9-java                 9.0.70-2ubuntu1.25.04.2 Ubuntu 24.10      libtomcat9-java                 9.0.70-2ubuntu1.24.10.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS      libtomcat10-java                10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm2                                      Available with Ubuntu Pro      libtomcat9-java                 9.0.70-2ubuntu0.1+esm2                                      Available with Ubuntu Pro

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7562-1

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