USN-4791-1: Apache Tomcat 7 vulnerabilities

15 March 2021

Several security issues were fixed in Apache Tomcat 7.

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It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 did not protect applications from the
presence of untrusted client data in an environment variable. A remote
attacker could possible use this vulnerability to redirect the traffic to an
arbitrary proxy and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5388)

It was discovered that Apache Tomcat 7 mishandled specially crafted input.
An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-1336)

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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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