Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-7032-1

USN-7032-1: Tomcat vulnerability

Publication date

24 September 2024

Overview

Tomcat could allow unintended access to network services.

Releases

24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS

Packages

tomcat8 - Servlet and JSP engine
tomcat9 - Servlet and JSP engine

Details

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled HTTP trailer headers. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP request
smuggling.

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
24.04 noble	libtomcat9-java – 9.0.70-2ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy	libtomcat9-embed-java – 9.0.58-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
22.04 jammy	libtomcat9-java – 9.0.58-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
20.04 focal	libtomcat9-embed-java – 9.0.31-1ubuntu0.7
20.04 focal	libtomcat9-java – 9.0.31-1ubuntu0.7
18.04 bionic	libtomcat8-embed-java – 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm3
	libtomcat8-java – 8.5.39-1ubuntu1~18.04.3+esm3
	libtomcat9-embed-java – 9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm3
	libtomcat9-java – 9.0.16-3ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm3

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References

CVE-2023-46589

CVE-2023-46589