Date:         Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:01:56 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Important: tomcat5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: "scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov"
          

Synopsis:	Important: tomcat5 security update
Issue date:	2010-08-02
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-2693 CVE-2009-2696 CVE-2009-2902
                 CVE-2010-2227

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)

The Tomcat security update RHSA-2009:1164 did not, unlike the erratum 
text stated, provide a fix for CVE-2009-0781, a cross-site scripting 
(XSS) flaw in the examples calendar application. With some web browsers, 
remote attackers could use this flaw to inject arbitrary web script or 
HTML via the "time" parameter. (CVE-2009-2696)

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)

Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

SL 5.x

     SRPMS:
tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.src.rpm
     i386:
tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpm
     x86_64:
tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2009-2693 Important: tomcat5 SL5.x i386/x86_64

Important: tomcat5 security update

Summary

in HTTP requests. A specially-crafted HTTP request could prevent Tomcatfrom sending replies, or cause Tomcat to return truncated replies, orreplies containing data related to the requests of other users, for allsubsequent HTTP requests. (CVE-2010-2227)The Tomcat security update RHSA-2009:1164 did not, unlike the erratumtext stated, provide a fix for CVE-2009-0781, a cross-site scripting(XSS) flaw in the examples calendar application. With some web browsers,remote attackers could use this flaw to inject arbitrary web script orHTML via the "time" parameter. (CVE-2009-2696)Two directory traversal flaws were found in the Tomcat deploymentprocess. A specially-crafted WAR file could, when deployed, cause a fileto be created outside of the web root into any directory writable by theTomcat user, or could lead to the deletion of files in the Tomcat host'swork directory. (CVE-2009-2693, CVE-2009-2902)Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.SL 5.xSRPMS:tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.src.rpmi386:tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmtomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.i386.rpmx86_64:tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpmtomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.9.el5_5.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



Security Fixes

Severity
Issued Date: : 2010-08-02
CVE Names: CVE-2009-2693 CVE-2009-2696 CVE-2009-2902
CVE-2010-2227
A flaw was found in the way Tomcat handled the Transfer-Encoding header

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