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Red Hat: RHSA-2014:0686-01 Important: Tomcat Security Flaws

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2014
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Newly released tomcat updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 resolve three critical security vulnerabilities and apply necessary patches.
Updated tomcat packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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 https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.
It was found that a fix for a previous security flaw introduced a regression that could cause a denial of service in Tomcat 7. A remote attacker could use this flaw to consume an excessive amount of CPU on the Tomcat server by sending a specially crafted request to that server. (CVE-2014-0186)
It was found that when Tomcat 7 processed a series of HTTP requests in which at least one request contained either multiple content-length headers, or one content-length header with a chunked transfer-encoding header, Tomcat would incorrectly handle the request. A remote attacker could use this flaw to poison a web cache, perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, or obtain sensitive information from other requests. (CVE-2013-4286)
It was discovered that the fix for CVE-2012-3544 did not properly resolve a denial of service flaw in the way Tomcat 7 processed chunk extensions and trailing headers in chunked requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an excessively long request that, when processed by Tomcat, could consume network bandwidth, CPU, and memory on the Tomcat server. Note that chunked transfer encoding is enabled by default. (CVE-2013-4322)
All Tomcat 7 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4286 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4322 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0186 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: tomcat-7.0.42-5.el7_0.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: tomcat-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-javadoc-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsvc-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-lib-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-webapps-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: tomcat-7.0.42-5.el7_0.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat-servlet-3.0-api-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
noarch: tomcat-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-el-2.2-api-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-javadoc-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsp-2.2-api-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-jsvc-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-lib-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-webapps-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: tomcat-7.0.42-5.el7_0.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.42-5.el7_0.noarch.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0686-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2014-06-10

Topic

Updated tomcat packages that fix three security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1069905 - CVE-2013-4322 tomcat: incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3544

1069921 - CVE-2013-4286 tomcat: multiple content-length header poisoning flaws

1089884 - CVE-2014-0186 tomcat7: RHEL-7 regression causing DoS

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