USN-4251-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

27 January 2020

Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.

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It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled the RMI registry when
configured with the JMX Remote Lifecycle Listener. A local attacker could
possibly use this issue to obtain credentials and gain complete control
over the Tomcat instance. (CVE-2019-12418)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled FORM authentication. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a session fixation
attack. (CVE-2019-17563)

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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.

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