====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: tomcat6 security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2014:0865-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0865.html
Issue date:        2014-07-09
CVE Names:         CVE-2014-0075 CVE-2014-0096 CVE-2014-0099 
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1. Summary:

Updated tomcat6 packages that fix three security issues and two bugs are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - noarch

3. Description:

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer
Pages (JSP) technologies.

It was discovered that Apache Tomcat did not limit the length of chunk
sizes when using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use
this flaw to perform a denial of service attack against Tomcat by streaming
an unlimited quantity of data, leading to excessive consumption of server
resources. (CVE-2014-0075)

It was found that Apache Tomcat did not check for overflowing values when
parsing request content length headers. A remote attacker could use this
flaw to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack on a Tomcat server located
behind a reverse proxy that processed the content length header correctly.
(CVE-2014-0099)

It was found that the org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet
implementation in Apache Tomcat allowed the definition of XML External
Entities (XXEs) in provided XSLTs. A malicious application could use this
to circumvent intended security restrictions to disclose sensitive
information. (CVE-2014-0096)

The CVE-2014-0075 issue was discovered by David Jorm of Red Hat Product
Security.

This update also fixes the following bugs:

* The patch that resolved the CVE-2014-0050 issue contained redundant code.
This update removes the redundant code. (BZ#1094528)

* The patch that resolved the CVE-2013-4322 issue contained an invalid
check that triggered a java.io.EOFException while reading trailer headersfor chunked requests. This update fixes the check and the aforementioned
exception is no longer triggered in the described scenario. (BZ#1095602)

All Tomcat 6 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues. Tomcat must be
restarted for this update to take effect.

4. 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/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1072776 - CVE-2014-0075 Tomcat/JBossWeb: Limited DoS in chunked transfer encoding input filter
1088342 - CVE-2014-0096 Tomcat/JBossWeb: XXE vulnerability via user supplied XSLTs
1095602 - tomcat6 security patch tomcat6-6.0.24-CVE-2013-4322 typo results in application crash with EOFException
1102030 - CVE-2014-0099 Tomcat/JBossWeb: Request smuggling via malicious content length header

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):

Source:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):

Source:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):

Source:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):

Source:
tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm

noarch:
tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0075.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0096.html
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0099.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

8. Contact:

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

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat: 2014:0865-01: tomcat6: Moderate Advisory

Updated tomcat6 packages that fix three security issues and two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Summary

Apache Tomcat is a servlet container for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies.
It was discovered that Apache Tomcat did not limit the length of chunk sizes when using chunked transfer encoding. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform a denial of service attack against Tomcat by streaming an unlimited quantity of data, leading to excessive consumption of server resources. (CVE-2014-0075)
It was found that Apache Tomcat did not check for overflowing values when parsing request content length headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to perform an HTTP request smuggling attack on a Tomcat server located behind a reverse proxy that processed the content length header correctly. (CVE-2014-0099)
It was found that the org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet implementation in Apache Tomcat allowed the definition of XML External Entities (XXEs) in provided XSLTs. A malicious application could use this to circumvent intended security restrictions to disclose sensitive information. (CVE-2014-0096)
The CVE-2014-0075 issue was discovered by David Jorm of Red Hat Product Security.
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* The patch that resolved the CVE-2014-0050 issue contained redundant code. This update removes the redundant code. (BZ#1094528)
* The patch that resolved the CVE-2013-4322 issue contained an invalid check that triggered a java.io.EOFException while reading trailer headersfor chunked requests. This update fixes the check and the aforementioned exception is no longer triggered in the described scenario. (BZ#1095602)
All Tomcat 6 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.



Summary


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/articles/11258

References

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0075.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0096.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2014-0099.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
Source: tomcat6-6.0.24-72.el6_5.src.rpm
noarch: tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-72.el6_5.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package


Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:0865-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0865.html
Issued Date: : 2014-07-09
CVE Names: CVE-2014-0075 CVE-2014-0096 CVE-2014-0099

Topic

Updated tomcat6 packages that fix three security issues and two bugs arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.


Topic


 

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - noarch


Bugs Fixed

1072776 - CVE-2014-0075 Tomcat/JBossWeb: Limited DoS in chunked transfer encoding input filter

1088342 - CVE-2014-0096 Tomcat/JBossWeb: XXE vulnerability via user supplied XSLTs

1095602 - tomcat6 security patch tomcat6-6.0.24-CVE-2013-4322 typo results in application crash with EOFException

1102030 - CVE-2014-0099 Tomcat/JBossWeb: Request smuggling via malicious content length header


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