- Issued:
- 2007-09-26
- Updated:
- 2007-09-26
RHSA-2007:0871 - Moderate: tomcat security update
Synopsis
Moderate: tomcat security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
Updated tomcat packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Description
Tomcat is a servlet container for Java Servlet and Java Server Pages technologies.
Tomcat was found treating single quote characters -- ' -- as delimiters in cookies. This could allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, such as session IDs, for session hijacking attacks (CVE-2007-3382).
It was reported Tomcat did not properly handle the following character sequence in a cookie: " (a backslash followed by a double-quote). It was possible remote attackers could use this failure to obtain sensitive information, such as session IDs, for session hijacking attacks (CVE-2007-3385).
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability existed in the Host Manager Servlet. This allowed remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via crafted requests (CVE-2007-3386).
Users of Tomcat should update to these erratum packages, which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.
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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 5 | ppc |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 5 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | ia64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 5 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 5 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.src.rpm
- tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-common-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-jasper-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
- tomcat5-server-lib-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm
- tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm
- tomcat5-admin-webapps-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm
- tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc-5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 247972
- This content is not included.BZ - 247976
- This content is not included.BZ - 247994
CVEs
References
- Content from tomcat.apache.org is not included.Content from tomcat.apache.org is not included.http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
- http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.