openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2013:0161-1 (tomcat) [LWN.net]


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Subject:
    	       openSUSE-SU-2013:0161-1: moderate: update for tomcat6 
Date:
    	       Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:06:32 +0100 (CET)
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    	       <20130123130632.2CD2A321CD@maintenance.suse.de>
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   openSUSE Security Update: update for tomcat6
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2013:0161-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #794548 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-4431 CVE-2012-4534
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 12.1
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   - fix bnc#794548 - denial of service (CVE-2012-4534)
   * apache-tomcat-CVE-2012-4534.patch fixes apache#53138,
   apache#52858
   http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=1372035
   - fix a minor issue in apache-tomcat-CVE-2012-4431.patch
   use the already initialized session variable instead of
   an another call req.getSesssion()


Patch Instructions:

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

   - openSUSE 12.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-23

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


Package List:

   - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

      libtcnative-1-0-1.3.3-3.11.1
      libtcnative-1-0-debuginfo-1.3.3-3.11.1
      libtcnative-1-0-debugsource-1.3.3-3.11.1
      libtcnative-1-0-devel-1.3.3-3.11.1

   - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch):

      tomcat6-6.0.33-3.11.1
      tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.33-3.11.1
      tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.33-3.11.1
      tomcat6-el-1_0-api-6.0.33-3.11.1
      tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.33-3.11.1
      tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api-6.0.33-3.11.1
      tomcat6-lib-6.0.33-3.11.1
      tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api-6.0.33-3.11.1
      tomcat6-webapps-6.0.33-3.11.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4431.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4534.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/794548
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