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Debian: CVE-2018-1336: tomcat7, tomcat8, tomcat9 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-1336: tomcat7, tomcat8, tomcat9 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/25/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/30/2018
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

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. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-tomcat7
  • debian-upgrade-tomcat8
  • debian-upgrade-tomcat9

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