Recommended update for tomcat

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:0986-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for tomcat fixes the following issues:

  • Regression in HTTP header parsing. (bsc#1167438)

The update improves the validation of the HTTP header parsing causing requests to be incorrectly treated as invalid if a CRLF sequence was split between TCP packets. Has been also improved the validation of request lines, including for HTTP/0.9 requests.

  • Fix NoSuchMethodError in the HTTP APR connector when using openjdk 1.8. (bsc#1161083)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-986=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-986=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-986=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-986=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (noarch)
    • tomcat-lib-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-webapps-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-servlet-4_0-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • tomcat-lib-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-webapps-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-servlet-4_0-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (noarch)
    • tomcat-lib-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-webapps-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-servlet-4_0-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (noarch)
    • tomcat-lib-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-jsp-2_3-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-admin-webapps-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-webapps-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-servlet-4_0-api-9.0.33-3.49.1
    • tomcat-el-3_0-api-9.0.33-3.49.1

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