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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0005 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2013-01-03
Updated:
2013-01-03

RHSA-2013:0005 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: tomcat6 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated tomcat6 packages that fix one security issue are now available for
JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2.0.0 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
important 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.

It was found that when an application used FORM authentication, along with
another component that calls request.setUserPrincipal() before the call to
FormAuthenticator#authenticate() (such as the Single-Sign-On valve), it was
possible to bypass the security constraint checks in the FORM authenticator
by appending "/j_security_check" to the end of a URL. A remote attacker
with an authenticated session on an affected application could use this
flaw to circumvent authorization controls, and thereby access resources not
permitted by the roles associated with their authenticated session.
(CVE-2012-3546)

Warning: Before applying the update, back up your existing JBoss Enterprise
Web Server installation (including all applications and configuration
files).

Users of Tomcat should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
this issue. 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.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 x86_64
  • JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6 i386
  • JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 x86_64
  • JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 883634 - CVE-2012-3546 Tomcat/JBoss Web: Bypass of security constraints

CVEs

  • CVE-2012-3546

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 6

SRPM
tomcat6-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: b2f4cc48a67d147c7e34c7c6429d97020daef4cc199a1f28ae8207d8dc3b63fa
x86_64
tomcat6-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 100e0e15656026679fe4e7f56a6e0c8bdcd3ff6f239c5b2ba13ffc14d7dcac97
tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 57111c6775d5e2bb3917e02486f841de34f77f541bbe1da4f5fae7df3cc318a5
tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2f84740aaf4d90cff0e569bf36b8742b98d47ac5e52c00c2f7f2c908ff69f905
tomcat6-el-1.0-api-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 4b9f7f816b3d15f4bbea7ded4a589182e2d853f95e7393b594aba8f6b21fae19
tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 9144d5e7254632d7bf4bc059f4ab9be77c93dffe013b1975be590673b0f1fa73
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 22dd63d4399e8fb01277d93929639eceddeed8655b599e9c252cc9f45d16ab92
tomcat6-lib-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 62ff580e4f1d253442a752789a35fd9e68296a69a05b46bfc6bc63691664ae19
tomcat6-log4j-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: abb44442f0e2a1ef641cd5250a387008ac3ec57fa1c77aea46b95d7cc714c05f
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a0fbdcd557a196708573cf92e0d1d422ce7a25336d4b3bd378d65d3b01fb5fa9
tomcat6-webapps-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a70847b3766dabbebc629bbc3b005d4728b0d7a49711c43fc40e7423f9fcaa08
i386
tomcat6-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 100e0e15656026679fe4e7f56a6e0c8bdcd3ff6f239c5b2ba13ffc14d7dcac97
tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 57111c6775d5e2bb3917e02486f841de34f77f541bbe1da4f5fae7df3cc318a5
tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 2f84740aaf4d90cff0e569bf36b8742b98d47ac5e52c00c2f7f2c908ff69f905
tomcat6-el-1.0-api-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 4b9f7f816b3d15f4bbea7ded4a589182e2d853f95e7393b594aba8f6b21fae19
tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 9144d5e7254632d7bf4bc059f4ab9be77c93dffe013b1975be590673b0f1fa73
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 22dd63d4399e8fb01277d93929639eceddeed8655b599e9c252cc9f45d16ab92
tomcat6-lib-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 62ff580e4f1d253442a752789a35fd9e68296a69a05b46bfc6bc63691664ae19
tomcat6-log4j-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: abb44442f0e2a1ef641cd5250a387008ac3ec57fa1c77aea46b95d7cc714c05f
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a0fbdcd557a196708573cf92e0d1d422ce7a25336d4b3bd378d65d3b01fb5fa9
tomcat6-webapps-6.0.35-25_patch_01.ep6.el6.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a70847b3766dabbebc629bbc3b005d4728b0d7a49711c43fc40e7423f9fcaa08

JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 for RHEL 5

SRPM
tomcat6-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: f465fd8cb0097fe5ab8a0ae8d2141b5a0fe4df191cc9710db76c2bd17d90fd2c
x86_64
tomcat6-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 4eff52cd9878c9d872632d8f9776c7f5bd7e38c304fadb58b584193d0ae2420e
tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cdc3c4bc18afadecba8c2aea7c1a5388e3a4c090cbeaa738d358fc628095a9bc
tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e66bd0ce1318bcff36be5658ba3706c69b1e879f2044aa55ad2cfd29ca0e5724
tomcat6-el-1.0-api-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 450612553bf6f9d6ccb729ea58a741db0a1afcee5c3c3ca1912cd4b60be77220
tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: c167f9060941306846a31312f655b159f525f2d437f5da037df2597cb2ca385b
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e7d375c76eee2827565796983be749faf17d5ab81d0859fcfafb8c32f946e1a0
tomcat6-lib-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a73e263e5937a900cb5d040c05369125c72149afc78500481a1bd522d33156b4
tomcat6-log4j-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 1495c1f2908414b965915dbe2c010ba260a5fb1a0388dbce77042c0555de839b
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 3eda514d64f598adf92e171eb7cb3fe5dda6608072443373930eb7dbad9c3306
tomcat6-webapps-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 36a02fd90c81f3afc818180a6dcfe2926bf65063a6560e087e794e24ce1bbd62
i386
tomcat6-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 4eff52cd9878c9d872632d8f9776c7f5bd7e38c304fadb58b584193d0ae2420e
tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: cdc3c4bc18afadecba8c2aea7c1a5388e3a4c090cbeaa738d358fc628095a9bc
tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e66bd0ce1318bcff36be5658ba3706c69b1e879f2044aa55ad2cfd29ca0e5724
tomcat6-el-1.0-api-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 450612553bf6f9d6ccb729ea58a741db0a1afcee5c3c3ca1912cd4b60be77220
tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: c167f9060941306846a31312f655b159f525f2d437f5da037df2597cb2ca385b
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e7d375c76eee2827565796983be749faf17d5ab81d0859fcfafb8c32f946e1a0
tomcat6-lib-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: a73e263e5937a900cb5d040c05369125c72149afc78500481a1bd522d33156b4
tomcat6-log4j-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 1495c1f2908414b965915dbe2c010ba260a5fb1a0388dbce77042c0555de839b
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 3eda514d64f598adf92e171eb7cb3fe5dda6608072443373930eb7dbad9c3306
tomcat6-webapps-6.0.35-6_patch_02.ep6.el5.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 36a02fd90c81f3afc818180a6dcfe2926bf65063a6560e087e794e24ce1bbd62

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