USN-7242-1: Tomcat vulnerability
30 January 2025
Tomcat could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- tomcat6 - Servlet and JSP engine
Details
Pierre Ernst discovered that the Tomcat JmxRemoteLifecycleListener did not
implement a recommended fix. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
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libservlet2.5-java
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6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.