Advisories » MGASA-2013-0191

Updated tomcat7 packages fix CVE-2013-2071

Publication date: 01 Jul 2013
Modification date: 01 Jul 2013
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 2 , 3
CVE: CVE-2013-2071

Description

java/org/apache/catalina/core/AsyncContextImpl.java in Apache Tomcat 7.x
before 7.0.40 does not properly handle the throwing of a RuntimeException
in an AsyncListener in an application, which allows context-dependent
attackers to obtain sensitive request information intended for other
applications in opportunistic circumstances via an application that records
the requests that it processes (CVE-2013-2071).
                

References

• http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html#Fixed_in_Apache_Tomcat_7.0.40
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105886.html
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10200
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2071

SRPMS

2/core

• tomcat-7.0.41-3.mga2

3/core

• tomcat-7.0.41-4.mga3