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TITLE:
Apache Tomcat Request Object Recycle Security Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47554

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-01-17

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Apache Tomcat, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to the request object not being
recycled before processing the next request when logging certain
actions. This can lead to e.g. the remote IP address and HTTP headers
being carried forward to the next request and certain policies being
bypassed.

The security issue is reported in versions 6.0.30 through 6.0.33.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 6.0.35 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
charlie in a bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51872
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201201.mbox/%3C4F155CDC.8050804%40apache.org%3E

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