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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200306-01
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          PACKAGE : tomcat
          SUMMARY : insecure directory mode
             DATE : 2003-06-01 12:08 UTC
          EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =tomcat-4.1.24-r1
              CVE : 

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Versions prior to tomcat-4.1.24 created /opt/tomcat with a directory
mode which allowed users to access files containing passwords.

SOLUTION

Either upgrade to tomcat-4.1.24-r1 by running

emerge sync
emerge tomcat
emerge clean

or execute the following:

/etc/init.d/tomcat stop
chmod -R 750 /opt/tomcat/
/etc/init.d/tomcat start

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