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Ubuntu 13.10 USN-2130-1 Critical: Tomcat Request Smuggling Threat

Ubuntu Large Esm H500
Several security issues were fixed in Tomcat.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2130-1
March 06, 2014

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

- Ubuntu 13.10
- 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 inconsistent
HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to conduct
request smuggling attacks. (CVE-2013-4286)

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. (CVE-2013-4322)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly applied the disableURLRewriting
setting when handling a session id in a URL. A remote attacker could
possibly use this flaw to conduct session fixation attacks. This issue
only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0033)

It was discovered that Tomcat incorrectly handled malformed Content-Type
headers and multipart requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
cause the Tomcat server to stop responding, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10.
(CVE-2014-0050)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libtomcat7-java                 7.0.42-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libtomcat7-java                 7.0.30-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libtomcat6-java                 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libtomcat6-java                 6.0.24-2ubuntu1.15

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2130-1
  CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2014-0033, CVE-2014-0050

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.42-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.30-0ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.35-1ubuntu3.4
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.24-2ubuntu1.15


Ubuntu 13.10 USN-2130-1 Critical: Tomcat Request Smuggling Threat

ubuntu
Calendar Grey March 6, 2014
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Alert Update USN-2130-1 addresses vital security patches for Tomcat in Ubuntu distributions. Ensure your machines are updated to safeguard against potential threats.
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 13.10: libtomcat7-java 7.0.42-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 12.10: libtomcat7-java 7.0.30-0ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libtomcat6-java 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.4 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: libtomcat6-java 6.0.24-2ubuntu1.15 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2130-1

CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2014-0033, CVE-2014-0050

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March 06, 2014

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.42-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7/7.0.30-0ubuntu1.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.35-1ubuntu3.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat6/6.0.24-2ubuntu1.15

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