[RHSA-2008:0864-02] Important: tomcat security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: tomcat security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0864-02

Product: Red Hat Developer Suite v.3

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0864.html

Issue date: 2008-10-02

Keywords: Security

CVE Names: CVE-2008-1232 CVE-2008-1947 CVE-2008-2370

CVE-2008-2938

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1. Summary:

 

Updated tomcat packages that fix multiple security issues are now available

for Red Hat Developer Suite 3.

 

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red

Hat Security Response Team.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Developer Suite v.3 (AS v.4) - noarch

 

3. Description:

 

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer

Pages (JSP) technologies.

 

A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in the

HttpServletResponse.sendError() method. A remote attacker could inject

arbitrary web script or HTML via forged HTTP headers. (CVE-2008-1232)

 

An additional cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in the host

manager application. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary web script or

HTML via the hostname parameter. (CVE-2008-1947)

 

A traversal vulnerability was discovered when using a RequestDispatcher

in combination with a servlet or JSP. A remote attacker could utilize a

specially-crafted request parameter to access protected web resources.

(CVE-2008-2370)

 

An additional traversal vulnerability was discovered when the

"allowLinking" and "URIencoding" settings were activated. A remote attacker

could use a UTF-8-encoded request to extend their privileges and obtain

local files accessible to the Tomcat process. (CVE-2008-2938)

 

Users of tomcat should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain

backported patches to resolve these issues.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released

errata relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use

the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

446393 - CVE-2008-1947 Tomcat host manager xss - name field

456120 - CVE-2008-2938 tomcat Unicode directory traversal vulnerability

457597 - CVE-2008-1232 tomcat: Cross-Site-Scripting enabled by sendError call

457934 - CVE-2008-2370 tomcat RequestDispatcher information disclosure vulnerability

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Developer Suite v.3 (AS v.4):

 

Source:

ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/RHDS3/SRPMS/tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp_12rh.src.rpm

 

noarch:

tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp_12rh.noarch.rpm

tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp_12rh.noarch.rpm

tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp_12rh.noarch.rpm

tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp_12rh.noarch.rpm

tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp_12rh.noarch.rpm

tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp_12rh.noarch.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1232

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1947

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2370

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2938

http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc.

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