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Scientific Linux: Important Tomcat5 Update CVE-2010-4476 Denial of Service

Calendar Mar 10, 2011 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory denial of service security update security issue important tomcat5 Scientific Linux
Important: tomcat5 security update 
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:19:23 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: tomcat5 on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: tomcat5 security update
Issue date:	2011-03-09
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-4476

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)

Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.src.rpm
 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-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-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-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-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-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-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-server-lib-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
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm
tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.17.el5_6.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson