openSUSE – Apache TomCat update

February 9, 2012 By

Multiple TomCat Vulnerabilities – patch available.


Information At A Glance
  • Source – Announcment from openSUSE – SUSE-SU-2012:0155-1
  • Version/Dependency – SUSE Manager 1.2 for SLE 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware , SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • Developer – opensuse.org
  • Severity – HIGH
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Apache TomCat including multiple weaknesses in HTTP DIGESTS and regression in parameter passing (in urldecoding of parameters that contain spaces).
Fix / Corrective Action(s)
Bring your system up-to-date – use “zypper patch”
Miscellaneous

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