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Ubuntu: 1841-1 Moderate Tomcat Denial Of Service And Auth Issues

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1841-1
May 28, 2013

tomcat6, tomcat7 vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.

Software Description:
- tomcat7: Servlet and JSP engine
- tomcat6: Servlet and JSP engine

Details:

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain requests
submitted using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use this
flaw to cause the Tomcat server to stop responding, resulting in a denial
of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
(CVE-2012-3544)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled certain authentication
requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to inject a
request that would get executed with a victim's credentials. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 12.10.
(CVE-2013-2067)

It was discovered that Tomcat sometimes exposed elements of a previous
request to the current request. This could allow a remote attacker to
possibly obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu
12.10 and Ubuntu 13.04. (CVE-2013-2071)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.04:
  libtomcat7-java                 7.0.35-1~exp2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libtomcat7-java                 7.0.30-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libtomcat6-java                 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libtomcat6-java                 6.0.24-2ubuntu1.13

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1841-1
  CVE-2012-3544, CVE-2013-2067, CVE-2013-2071

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.35-1~exp2ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.30-0ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.35-1ubuntu3.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.24-2ubuntu1.13


Ubuntu: 1841-1 Moderate Tomcat Denial Of Service And Auth Issues

ubuntu
Calendar Grey May 28, 2013
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Urgent patches available for Tomcat on Ubuntu. Act quickly to mitigate various security risks.
Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 13.04: libtomcat7-java 7.0.35-1~exp2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.10: libtomcat7-java 7.0.30-0ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libtomcat6-java 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.3 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libtomcat6-java 6.0.24-2ubuntu1.13 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1841-1

CVE-2012-3544, CVE-2013-2067, CVE-2013-2071

Severity
important
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Low
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Critical

May 28, 2013

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.35-1~exp2ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.30-0ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.35-1ubuntu3.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.24-2ubuntu1.13

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