SUSE-SU-2015:1337-1: moderate: Security update for tomcat6

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for tomcat6
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2015:1337-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #906152 #917127 #918195 #926762 #931442 #932698 
                    
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-0227 CVE-2014-0230 CVE-2014-7810
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
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   An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has three
   fixes is now available. It includes one version update.

Description:


   This update fixes the following security issues:

       *

         CVE-2014-7810: security manager bypass via EL expressions
   (bnc#931442) It was found that the expression language resolver evaluated
   expressions within a privileged code section. A malicious web application
   could have used this flaw to bypass security manager protections.

       *

         CVE-2014-0227: Limited DoS in chunked transfer encoding input filter
   (bnc#917127) It was discovered that the ChunkedInputFilter implementation
   did not fail subsequent attempts to read input early enough. A remote
   attacker could have used this flaw to perform a denial of service attack,
   by streaming an unlimited quantity of data, leading to consumption of
   server resources.

       *

         CVE-2014-0230: non-persistent DoS attack by feeding data by aborting
   an upload It was possible for a remote attacker to trigger a
   non-persistent DoS attack by feeding data by aborting an upload.

   Security Issues:

       * CVE-2014-7810
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7810>
       * CVE-2014-0227
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0227>
       * CVE-2014-0230
         <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0230>


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-tomcat6=10813

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-tomcat6=10813

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (noarch) [New Version: 6.0.41]:

      tomcat6-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-lib-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-webapps-6.0.41-0.45.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (noarch) [New Version: 6.0.41]:

      tomcat6-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-jsp-2_1-api-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-lib-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-servlet-2_5-api-6.0.41-0.45.1
      tomcat6-webapps-6.0.41-0.45.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0227.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0230.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7810.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/906152
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/917127
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/918195
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/926762
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/931442
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/932698
   https://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e3b7d8f79615cd84f9166a063091e91d