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TITLE:
Fedora update for tomcat5

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31891

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31891/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Cross Site Scripting, Exposure of system
information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for tomcat5. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
conduct cross-site scripting attacks, bypass certain security
restrictions, or disclose sensitive information.

For more information:
SA30500
SA31379

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update tomcat5").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-8113:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html

FEDORA-2008-8130:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30500:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30500/

SA31379:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31379/

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