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Debian 6.0: DSA-2160-1 Critical Tomcat6 Remote Exploits

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Calendar Grey February 13, 2011
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The latest update for Tomcat 6 on Debian addresses critical vulnerabilities, including potential remote exploitation and cross-site scripting (XSS) threats.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Tomcat Servlet and JSP engine: CVE-2010-3718

Summary

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Tomcat Servlet and JSP
engine:

CVE-2010-3718

It was discovered that the SecurityManager insufficiently
restricted the working directory.

CVE-2011-0013

It was discovered that the HTML manager interface is affected
by cross-site scripting.

CVE-2011-0534

It was discovered that NIO connector performs insufficient
validation of the HTTP headers, which could lead to denial
of service.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by these issues.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.0.28-9+squeeze1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.0.28-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat6 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/





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Package: tomcat6
CVE ID: CVE-2010-3718 CVE-2011-0013 CVE-2011-0534

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