Why does Tomcat return 400 status after updating to mitigate CVE-2016-6816?

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Issue

  • Tomcat returns a 400 status to my client after updating to mitigate CVE-2016-6816

Environment

  • JBoss Web Server (JWS) 3.1
    • tomcat7
    • tomcat8
  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.4.13+
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
    • tomcat6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
    • tomcat

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