tomcat-lib is bundling apache-commons-dbcp, an external library. According to Fedora Java Packaging Guidelines this is unacceptable. See: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Java#Pre-built_JAR_files_.2F_Other_bundled_software Please remove this library from packaging and add it as external dependency.
tomcat-7.0.28-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tomcat-7.0.28-1.fc17
Package tomcat-7.0.28-1.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing tomcat-7.0.28-1.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-10134/tomcat-7.0.28-1.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
tomcat-7.0.29-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tomcat-7.0.29-1.fc17
tomcat-7.0.29-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
tomcat-7.0.33-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tomcat-7.0.33-1.fc16
tomcat-7.0.33-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.