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oraclelinuxOracleELSA-2013-0870
HistoryMay 28, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

tomcat5 security update

2013-05-2800:00:00
Oracle
linux.oracle.com
13

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.7%

[0:5.5.23-0jpp.40]

  • Related: CVE-2013-1976 It was found during additional testing
  • that the tomcat5 init may fail to start because the user
  • shell is set to sbin/nologin. Fixed in init scrip. SU now
  • uses -s /bin/sh during startup
    [0:5.5.23-0jpp.39]
  • Resolves: CVE-2013-1976 Improper TOMCAT_LOG management in
  • initscript. Change location of TOMCAT_LOG to /var/log so
  • only root can write to it. Touching TOMCAT_LOG is no longer
  • required during initscript startup. Permissions and ownership
  • changed to 0755 tomcat:root for logdir