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>> Redhat Security Update Fixes Tomcat Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes Tomcat Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2457
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1232 - CVE-2008-1947 - CVE-2008-2370 - CVE-2008-2938
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-29

Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in various Redhat products, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions, gain knowledge of sensitive information or execute arbitrary scripting code. These issues are caused by errors in Tomcat. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1725 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-2305 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-2343

Affected Products

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
https://rhn.redhat.com/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2457
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0648.html

ChangeLog

2008-08-29 : Initial release

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