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Ubuntu: USN-4251-1 (CVE-2019-17563): Tomcat vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4251-1 (CVE-2019-17563): Tomcat vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/23/2019
Created
01/29/2020
Added
01/28/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

When using FORM authentication with Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.29, 8.5.0 to 8.5.49 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.98 there was a narrow window where an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The window was considered too narrow for an exploit to be practical but, erring on the side of caution, this issue has been treated as a security vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libtomcat8-java
  • ubuntu-upgrade-tomcat8

References

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