openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:1701-1 (tomcat)

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openSUSE-SU-2012:1701-1: moderate: update for tomcat 
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Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:09:46 +0100 (CET)
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   openSUSE Security Update: update for tomcat
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2012:1701-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #779538 #789406 #791423 #791424 #791426 #791679 
                    #793391 #793394 
Cross-References:   CVE-2009-2693 CVE-2009-2901 CVE-2009-2902
                    CVE-2012-2733 CVE-2012-3546 CVE-2012-4431
                    CVE-2012-5568 CVE-2012-5885 CVE-2012-5886
                    CVE-2012-5887
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.2
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   An update that fixes 10 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   - fix bnc#793394 - bypass of security constraints
   (CVE-2012-3546)
   * tomcat-CVE-2012-3546.patch
   http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1...

   - fix bnc#793391 - bypass of CSRF prevention filter
   (CVE-2012-4431)
   * tomcat-CVE-2012-4431.patch
   http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1...


   - document how to protect against slowloris DoS
   (CVE-2012-5568/bnc#791679) in README.SUSE

   - fixes bnc#791423 - cnonce tracking weakness
   (CVE-2012-5885) bnc#791424 - authentication caching
   weakness (CVE-2012-5886) bnc#791426 - stale nonce
   weakness (CVE-2012-5887)
   * tomcat-dont-parse-user-name-twice.patch
   http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1...

   * tomcat-CVE-2009-2693-CVE-2009-2901-CVE-2009-2902.patch
   http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1...


   - fix bnc#789406:  HTTP NIO connector OOM DoS via a request
   with large headers (CVE-2012-2733)
   *
   http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1...

   - fix bnc#779538 - Tomcat7 default current workdir isn't
   /usr/share/tomcat


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 12.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-883

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.2 (noarch):

      tomcat-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-admin-webapps-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-docs-webapp-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-el-2_2-api-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-javadoc-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-jsp-2_2-api-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-jsvc-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-lib-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-servlet-3_0-api-7.0.27-2.9.1
      tomcat-webapps-7.0.27-2.9.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2693.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2901.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2902.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2733.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3546.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4431.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5568.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5885.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5886.html

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5887.html

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/779538

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/789406

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/791423

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/791424

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/791426

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/791679

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/793391

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/793394