Apache Tomcat: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201412-29

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

Affected packages

www-servers/tomcat on all architectures
Affected versions < 7.0.56
Unaffected versions >= 7.0.56
revision >= 6.0.41
revision >= 6.0.42
revision >= 6.0.43
revision >= 6.0.44
revision >= 6.0.45
revision >= 6.0.46
revision >= 6.0.47
revision >= 6.0.48

Background

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

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

Release date
December 15, 2014

Latest revision
March 20, 2016: 2

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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