1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-899-1

USN-899-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities

Publication date

11 February 2010

Overview

Tomcat vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Tomcat did not correctly validate WAR filenames or
paths when deploying. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted WAR
file to be deployed and cause arbitrary files and directories to be
created, overwritten, or deleted.

It was discovered that Tomcat did not correctly validate WAR filenames or
paths when deploying. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted WAR
file to be deployed and cause arbitrary files and directories to be
created, overwritten, or deleted.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
9.10 karmic libtomcat6-java –  6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1
9.04 jaunty libtomcat6-java –  6.0.18-0ubuntu6.2
8.10 intrepid libtomcat6-java –  6.0.18-0ubuntu3.3

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