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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1491-1] tomcat8 security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Two security issues have been discovered in the Tomcat servlet and JSP engine. CVE-2018-1336 An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. CVE-2018-8034 The host name verification when using TLS with the WebSocket client was missing. It is now enabled by default.
Affected Software
Affected Software
tomcat8 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 8.0.14-1+deb8u13. We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat8 packages.