USN-3027-1: Tomcat vulnerability
6 July 2016
Tomcat could be made to hang if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- tomcat8 - Servlet and JSP engine
Details
It was discovered that the Tomcat Fileupload library incorrectly handled
certain upload requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.