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

Debian Security Advisory DSA-2401-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
February 02, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

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/

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