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:
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.