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Red Hat Application Server v2 RHSA-2010:0582-01 Important: Tomcat5 Update

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Calendar Grey August 2, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Apache Tomcat 5 received a crucial security update for Red Hat Application Server, addressing significant vulnerabilities. Ensure your system is protected by installing the latest packages.
Updated tomcat5 packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Application Server v2

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.
A flaw was found in the way Tomcat handled the Transfer-Encoding header in HTTP requests. A specially-crafted HTTP request could prevent Tomcat from sending replies, or cause Tomcat to return truncated replies, or replies containing data related to the requests of other users, for all subsequent HTTP requests. (CVE-2010-2227)
Two directory traversal flaws were found in the Tomcat deployment process. A specially-crafted WAR file could, when deployed, cause a file to be created outside of the web root into any directory writable by the Tomcat user, or could lead to the deletion of files in the Tomcat host's work directory. (CVE-2009-2693, CVE-2009-2902)
Users of Tomcat should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat information leak directory traversal Tomcat http request

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2693 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2902 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2227 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important https://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Package List

Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS:
Source:
noarch: tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Application Server v2 4ES:
Source:
noarch: tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.17.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Application Server v2 4WS:
Source:
noarch:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0582-01
Product: Red Hat Application Server
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0582.html
Issue date: 2010-08-02

Topic

Updated tomcat5 packages that fix three security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Application Server v2.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) basescores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for eachvulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat information leak directory traversal Tomcat http request

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS - noarch

Red Hat Application Server v2 4ES - noarch

Red Hat Application Server v2 4WS - noarch

Bugs Fixed

559738 - CVE-2009-2693 tomcat: unexpected file deletion and/or alteration

559761 - CVE-2009-2902 tomcat: unexpected file deletion in work directory

612799 - CVE-2010-2227 tomcat: information leak vulnerability in the handling of 'Transfer-Encoding' header

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