[IT-SecNots] [SECURITY] [DSA 2401-1] tomcat6 security update

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm AT debian.org>]

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2401-1                   security AT debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
February 02, 2012                      http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : tomcat6
Vulnerability  : several
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2011-1184 CVE-2011-2204 CVE-2011-2526 CVE-2011-3190 
                 CVE-2011-3375 CVE-2011-4858 CVE-2011-5062 CVE-2011-5063 
                 CVE-2011-5064 CVE-2012-0022 

Several vulnerabilities have been found in Tomcat, a servlet and JSP 
engine:

CVE-2011-1184 CVE-2011-5062 CVE-2011-5063 CVE-2011-5064

   The HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation performed
   insufficient countermeasures against replay attacks.

CVE-2011-2204

   In rare setups passwords were written into a logfile.

CVE-2011-2526
   
   Missing input sanisiting in the HTTP APR or HTTP NIO connectors
   could lead to denial of service.

CVE-2011-3190

   AJP requests could be spoofed in some setups.

CVE-2011-3375

   Incorrect request caching could lead to information disclosure.

CVE-2011-4858 CVE-2012-0022

   This update adds countermeasures against a collision denial of 
   service vulnerability in the Java hashtable implementation and
   addresses denial of service potentials when processing large
   amounts of requests.

Additional information can be 
found at http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html 

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.0.35-1+squeeze2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 6.0.35-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tomcat6 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce AT lists.debian.org

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