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Gentoo: GLSA-201206-24 Normal: Apache Tomcat File Access Risks

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux advisory GLSA 202301-15 alerts about potential security vulnerabilities in OpenSSH and advises implementing necessary patches.
Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Apache Tomcat, the worst of which allowing to read, modify and overwrite arbitrary files.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache Tomcat. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo access control DoS file access Apache Tomcat file modification

Resolution

All Apache Tomcat 6.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-6.0.35"
All Apache Tomcat 7.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.23"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5515 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-5515 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-0033 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0033 [ 3 ] CVE-2009-0580 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0580 [ 4 ] CVE-2009-0781 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0781 [ 5 ] CVE-2009-0783 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-0783 [ 6 ] CVE-2009-2693 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2693 [ 7 ] CVE-2009-2901 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2901 [ 8 ] CVE-2009-2902 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-2902 [ 9 ] CVE-2010-1157 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1157 [ 10 ] CVE-2010-2227 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2227 [ 11 ] CVE-2010-3718 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3718 [ 12 ] CVE-2010-4172 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4172 [ 13 ] CVE-2010-4312 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201206-24
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 24, 2012
Bugs: #272566, #273662, #303719, #320963, #329937, #373987,
ID: 201206-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo access control DoS file access Apache Tomcat file modification

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Apache Tomcat, the worst of which allowing to read, modify and overwrite arbitrary files.

Background

Apache Tomcat is a Servlet-3.0/JSP-2.2 Container.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-servers/tomcat *< 5.5.34 *>= 6.0.35 *< 6.0.35 >= 7.0.23 < 7.0.23

Impact

===== The vulnerabilities allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service, to hijack a session, to bypass authentication, to inject webscript, to enumerate valid usernames, to read, modify and overwrite arbitrary files, to bypass intended access restrictions, to delete work-directory files, to discover the server's hostname or IP, to bypass read permissions for files or HTTP headers, to read or write files outside of the intended working directory, and to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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