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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: RHSA-2011:0336-01 Important: Tomcat5 DoS

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Calendar Grey March 9, 2011
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Updated tomcat5 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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 denial of service flaw was found in the way certain strings were converted to Double objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Tomcat to hang via a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2010-4476)
Users of Tomcat should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4476 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important https://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: tomcat5-debuginfo-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm
x86_64: tomcat5-debuginfo-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-debuginfo-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.i386.rpm
x86_64: tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-debuginfo-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2011:0336-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0336.html
Issue date: 2011-03-09

Topic

Updated tomcat5 packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat update patch important Tomcat

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

674336 - CVE-2010-4476 JDK Double.parseDouble Denial-Of-Service

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