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TITLE:
Gentoo update for tomcat

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49702

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-25

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DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for tomcat. This fixes multiple
weaknesses, security issues, and vulnerabilities, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive
information, bypass certain security restrictions, and cause a DoS
(Denial of Service), by malicious users to disclose sensitive
information and manipulate certain data, and by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks, bypass certain security
restrictions, disclose sensitive information, manipulate certain
data, and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA35344
SA38316
SA39574
SA42337
SA43194
SA43684
SA44612
SA44981
SA45232
SA45597
SA45641
SA45748
SA47411
SA47554

SOLUTION:
Update to "www-servers/tomcat-6.0.35" or "www-servers/tomcat-7.0.23"
or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA 201206-24:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-24.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXPLOIT:
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