Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:1007 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2008-12-08
Updated:
2008-12-08

RHSA-2008:1007 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Low: tomcat security update for Red Hat Network Satellite Server

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Low

Topic

Updated tomcat packages that fix multiple security issues are now available
for Red Hat Network Satellite Server.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

This update corrects several security vulnerabilities in the Tomcat
component shipped as part of Red Hat Network Satellite Server. In a
typical operating environment, Tomcat is not exposed to users
of Satellite Server in a vulnerable manner. These security updates will
reduce risk in unique Satellite Server environments.

Multiple flaws were fixed in the Apache Tomcat package. (CVE-2008-1232,
CVE-2008-1947, CVE-2008-2370, CVE-2008-2938, CVE-2008-3271)

Users of Red Hat Network Satellite Server 5.0 or 5.1 are advised to update
to these Tomcat packages which resolve these issues.

Solution

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the
Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/satellite/Red_Hat_Network_Satellite-5.0.0/html/Installation_Guide/s1-maintenance-update.html

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Network Satellite 5.1 (for RHEL Mainframe) 5.1 s390x
  • Red Hat Network Satellite 5.1 (for RHEL Mainframe) 5.1 s390
  • Red Hat Network Satellite 5.1 (for RHEL Server) 5.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Network Satellite 5.1 (for RHEL Server) 5.1 i386
  • Red Hat Network Satellite 4.2,5.0 (for RHEL Server) 5.0 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 457934 - CVE-2008-2370 tomcat RequestDispatcher information disclosure vulnerability
  • BZ - 457597 - CVE-2008-1232 tomcat: Cross-Site-Scripting enabled by sendError call
  • BZ - 466875 - CVE-2008-3271 tomcat RemoteFilterValve Information disclosure
  • BZ - 456120 - CVE-2008-2938 tomcat Unicode directory traversal vulnerability
  • BZ - 446393 - CVE-2008-1947 Tomcat host manager xss - name field

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.