USN-3204-1: Tomcat vulnerability
20 February 2017
Tomcat could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.
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Packages
Details
It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tomcat to consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.