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SUSE: 2016:0839-1 Important: Tomcat6 Session Management Issues

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2016
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SUSE Security Patch for tomcat7: critical updates addressing session handling and path traversal issues.
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Summary

This update for tomcat6 fixes the following issues: The version was updated from 6.0.41 to 6.0.45. Security issues fixed: * CVE-2015-5174: Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat allowed remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory. (bsc#967967) * CVE-2015-5345: The Mapper component in Apache Tomcat processes redirects before considering security constraints and Filters, which allowed remote attackers to determine the existence of a directory via a URL that lacks a trailing / (slash) character. (bsc#967965)

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Topics Covered

security advisory directory traversal important session management security issues SUSE Linux tomcat6

References

#934219 #967815 #967964 #967965 #967967

Cross- CVE-2015-5174 CVE-2015-5345 CVE-2016-0706

CVE-2016-0714

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5174.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5345.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0706.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0714.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/934219

https://bugzilla.suse.com/967815

https://bugzilla.suse.com/967964

https://bugzilla.suse.com/967965

https://bugzilla.suse.com/967967

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0839-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory directory traversal important session management security issues SUSE Linux tomcat6

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