Synopsis:          Low: tomcat6 security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2014:1038-1
Issue Date:        2014-08-11
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2014-0119
                   CVE-2013-4590
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It was found that several application-provided XML files, such as web.xml,
content.xml, *.tld, *.tagx, and *.jspx, resolved external entities,
permitting XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. An attacker able to deploy
malicious applications to Tomcat could use this flaw to circumvent
security restrictions set by the JSM, and gain access to sensitive
information on the system. Note that this flaw only affected deployments
in which Tomcat is running applications from untrusted sources, such as in
a shared hosting environment. (CVE-2013-4590)

It was found that, in certain circumstances, it was possible for a
malicious web application to replace the XML parsers used by Apache Tomcat
to process XSLTs for the default servlet, JSP documents, tag library
descriptors (TLDs), and tag plug-in configuration files. The injected XML
parser(s) could then bypass the limits imposed on XML external entities
and/or gain access to the XML files processed for other web applications
deployed on the same Apache Tomcat instance. (CVE-2014-0119)

Tomcat must be restarted for this update to take effect.
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SL6
  noarch
    tomcat6-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm
    tomcat6-admin-webapps-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm
    tomcat6-docs-webapp-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm
    tomcat6-el-2.1-api-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm
    tomcat6-javadoc-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm
    tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm
    tomcat6-lib-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm
    tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm
    tomcat6-webapps-6.0.24-78.el6_5.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team