GLSA 201412-29: Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/15/2014
Bugs:	#442014, #469434, #500600, #511762, #517630, #519590
ID:	201412-29

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Apache Tomcat, the worst of which may result in Denial of Service.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-servers/tomcat	< 7.0.56	>= 7.0.56	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition as well as obtain sensitive information, bypass protection mechanisms and authentication restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

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

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-6.0.41"
    

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

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/tomcat-7.0.56"

References

• CVE-2012-2733
• CVE-2012-3544
• CVE-2012-3546
• CVE-2012-4431
• CVE-2012-4534
• CVE-2012-5885
• CVE-2012-5886
• CVE-2012-5887
• CVE-2013-2067
• CVE-2013-2071
• CVE-2013-4286
• CVE-2013-4322
• CVE-2013-4590
• CVE-2014-0033
• CVE-2014-0050
• CVE-2014-0075
• CVE-2014-0096
• CVE-2014-0099
• CVE-2014-0119

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-29.xml

Concerns?

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License

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