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TITLE:
Apache Tomcat Commons Daemon Jsvc Information Disclosure Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45641

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-08-15

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DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in Apache Tomcat, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.

The weakness is caused due to an error within the Jsvc library, which
does not drop permissions for the application to access files and
directories owned by the super user. This can lead to certain
applications being able to access files and directories of the super
user.

The weakness is reported in versions 7.0.0 through 7.0.19, 6.0.30
through 6.0.32, and 5.5.32 through 5.5.33.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 7.0.20 or update to version 5.5.34 or 6.0.33 when
available. Also fixed in the SVN repository and the vendor has also
provided a proposed patch for Apache Tomcat version 5.

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Wilfried Weissmann.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201108.mbox/%3C4E45221D.1020306@apache.org%3E

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