The version in -proposed works for me.
(bionic-amd64)root@impulse:/home/bdmurray# service tomcat8 start
* Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat8
[ OK ]
(bionic-amd64)root@impulse:/home/bdmurray# apt-cache policy tomcat8
tomcat8:
Installed: 8.5.30-1ubuntu1.3
Candidate: 8.5.30-1ubuntu1.3
Version table:
*** 8.5.30-1ubuntu1.3 500
500 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu bionic-proposed/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
8.5.30-1ubuntu1.2 500
500 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64
Packages
8.5.30-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://192.168.10.7/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
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