GLSA 201206-24: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/24/2012
Bugs:	#272566, #273662, #303719, #320963, #329937, #373987, #374619, #382043, #386213, #396401, #399227
ID:	201206-24

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Apache Tomcat, the worst of which allowing to read, modify and overwrite arbitrary files.

Background

Apache Tomcat is a Servlet-3.0/JSP-2.2 Container.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-servers/tomcat	< 7.0.23	>= 6.0.35	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache Tomcat. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

The vulnerabilities allow an attacker to cause a Denial of Service, to hijack a session, to bypass authentication, to inject webscript, to enumerate valid usernames, to read, modify and overwrite arbitrary files, to bypass intended access restrictions, to delete work-directory files, to discover the server’s hostname or IP, to bypass read permissions for files or HTTP headers, to read or write files outside of the intended working directory, and to obtain sensitive information by reading a log file.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Apache Tomcat 6.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-6.0.35"
    

All Apache Tomcat 7.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.23"

References

• CVE-2008-5515
• CVE-2009-0033
• CVE-2009-0580
• CVE-2009-0781
• CVE-2009-0783
• CVE-2009-2693
• CVE-2009-2901
• CVE-2009-2902
• CVE-2010-1157
• CVE-2010-2227
• CVE-2010-3718
• CVE-2010-4172
• CVE-2010-4312
• CVE-2011-0013
• CVE-2011-0534
• CVE-2011-1088
• CVE-2011-1183
• CVE-2011-1184
• CVE-2011-1419
• CVE-2011-1475
• CVE-2011-1582
• CVE-2011-2204
• CVE-2011-2481
• CVE-2011-2526
• CVE-2011-2729
• CVE-2011-3190
• CVE-2011-3375
• CVE-2011-4858
• CVE-2011-5062
• CVE-2011-5063
• CVE-2011-5064
• CVE-2012-0022

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-24.xml

Concerns?

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License

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