- Issued:
- 2015-05-12
- Updated:
- 2015-05-12
RHSA-2015:0991 - Moderate: tomcat6 security and bug fix update
Synopsis
Moderate: tomcat6 security and bug fix update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
Updated tomcat6 packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
Description
Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.
It was discovered that the ChunkedInputFilter in Tomcat did not fail subsequent attempts to read input after malformed chunked encoding was detected. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to make Tomcat process part of the request body as new request, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-0227)
This update also fixes the following bug:
- Before this update, the tomcat6 init script did not try to kill the tomcat process if an attempt to stop it was unsuccessful, which would prevent tomcat from restarting properly. The init script was modified to correct this issue. (BZ#1207048)
All Tomcat 6 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node | 6.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- tomcat6-debuginfo-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-debuginfo-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-debuginfo-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-6.0.24-83.el6_6.src.rpm
- tomcat6-debuginfo-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-83.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
- tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-83.el6_6.ppc64.rpm
- tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-83.el6_6.s390x.rpm
- tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
- tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-83.el6_6.i686.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
- Content from tomcat.apache.org is not included.Content from tomcat.apache.org is not included.https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_6.0.43
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.