1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3787-1

USN-3787-1: Tomcat vulnerability

Publication date

10 October 2018

Overview

Tomcat could be made to redirect to arbitrary locations.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled returning redirects to a
directory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially
crafted URL to redirect to arbitrary URIs.

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled returning redirects to a
directory. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially
crafted URL to redirect to arbitrary URIs.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libtomcat8-java –  8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8
tomcat8 –  8.0.32-1ubuntu1.8
14.04 trusty libtomcat7-java –  7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16
tomcat7 –  7.0.52-1ubuntu0.16

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