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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8b41b116 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-15.xml @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200408-15"> + <title>Tomcat: Insecure installation</title> + <synopsis> + Improper file ownership may allow a member of the tomcat group to execute + scripts as root. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">tomcat</product> + <announced>August 15, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 04</revised> + <bug>59232</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="www-servers/tomcat" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">5.0.27-r3</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">4.1.30-r4</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">3.3.2-r2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">5.0.27-r3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Tomcat is the Apache Jakarta Project's official implementation of Java + Servlets and Java Server Pages. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + The Gentoo ebuild for Tomcat sets the ownership of the Tomcat init + scripts as tomcat:tomcat, but those scripts are executed with root + privileges when the system is started. This may allow a member of the + tomcat group to run arbitrary code with root privileges when the Tomcat + init scripts are run. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + This could lead to a local privilege escalation or root compromise by + authenticated users. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Users may change the ownership of /etc/init.d/tomcat* and + /etc/conf.d/tomcat* to be root:root: + </p> + <code> + # chown -R root:root /etc/init.d/tomcat* + # chown -R root:root /etc/conf.d/tomcat*</code> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Tomcat users can upgrade to the latest stable version, or simply + apply the workaround: + </p> + <code> + # emerge sync + # emerge -pv ">=www-servers/tomcat-5.0.27-r3" + # emerge ">=www-servers/tomcat-5.0.27-r3"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1452">CVE-2004-1452</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 8 Aug 2004 20:54:24 +0000"> + dmargoli + </metadata> +</glsa> |